CPP-Practice/Enums.cpp at main · KylepKing/CPP-Practice · GitHub

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#include <iostream>

enum Day
{
    sunday = 0,
    monday = 1,
    tuesday = 2,
    wednesday = 3,
    thursday = 4,
    friday = 5,
    saturday = 6
};

int main()
{
    //enums = a user defined data type that consists of paired name integer constants
    //        GREAT if you have a set of potential solutions

    //std::string today = "sunday"; //normally cannot use strings in switches so we use enums

    Day today = friday; // could also have the cases below be the int value but its less readble here

    switch(today)
    {
        case sunday:
            std::cout << "It is Sunday!\n";
            break;
        case monday:
            std::cout << "It is Monday!\n";
            break;
        case tuesday:
            std::cout << "It is Tuesday!\n";
            break;
        case wednesday:
            std::cout << "It is Wednesday!\n";
            break;
        case thursday:
            std::cout << "It is Thursday!\n";
            break;
        case friday:
            std::cout << "It is Friday!\n";
            break;
        case saturday:
            std::cout << "It is Saturday!\n";
            break;
    }


    return 0;
}