Boolean expression involving Enum and Int

Question

I have a simple enum with a few values

Enum Status{
Available, 
Taken,
Sold//and many more
}

I want to check whether the status is somewhere in between the possible values(assuming the values are written in such an order that the lowest are the beginning of a process, and the last ones are the final steps of the process)

Something like

Status s1;//Some value
if(s1<5 && s1>3)
//The value is one of the enum values in those range
//(for example the job has already been accepted, but has still not been
//shipped)

Is it possible?

Thanks.

Someone delete this question, I couldn't figure out how to search for it correctly. — master2080, Mar 08 '17 at 08:53
You can delete it yourself. There is a button available next to edit. We are not going to do it for you. — Patrick Hofman, Mar 08 '17 at 08:53
It should be possible since the answer is at score 0. What is the message you get? — Patrick Hofman, Mar 08 '17 at 08:54
@master2080 You can flag it and choose the moderator intervention to delete it. — Salah Akbari, Mar 08 '17 at 09:02

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 08 '17 at 08:50

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You can assign integer values to your enum and then check.

enum Status
{
    Available = 1, 
    Taken = 2,
    Sold = 3
    //and many more
}

Status s1; // any value
if ((int)s1 <= 5 && (int)s1 >= 3)

edited Mar 08 '17 at 08:50

Patrick Hofman

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answered Mar 08 '17 at 08:49

Ian H.

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Well since Enums are ints by default, I guess not assigning numbers already puts them in order, is that correct? – master2080 Mar 08 '17 at 08:50
@master2080 Correct, starting at index 0. – Ian H. Mar 08 '17 at 08:51

Boolean expression involving Enum and Int

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