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Enumerations for Named Constants
An enum creates a custom type with named constant values. By default, Monday is 0, Tuesday is 1, and so on. This makes code more readable than using magic numbers.
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#include <iostream>enum Weekday { Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday };int main() {Weekday today = Friday;if (today == Friday) {std::cout << "Finally Friday!" << std::endl;}return 0;}
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enum Weekday { Monday, Tuesday, ... };
Defines a new type with named integer values
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Weekday today = Friday;
Creates a variable of the enum type
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today == Friday
Compares enum values directly by name