The process of enumerating values, for example from some collection.
Use enums for enumeration types.
Questions tagged [enumeration]
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How to enumerate an enum?
How can you enumerate an enum in C#?
E.g. the following code does not compile:
public enum Suit
{
Spades,
Hearts,
Clubs,
Diamonds
}
public void EnumerateAllSuitsDemoMethod()
{
foreach (Suit suit in Suit)
{
…
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Enumerations on PHP
I know that PHP doesn't yet have native Enumerations. But I have become accustomed to them from the Java world. I would love to use enums as a way to give predefined values which IDEs' auto-completion features could understand.
Constants do the…
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How to iterate a loop with index and element in Swift
Is there a function that I can use to iterate over an array and have both index and element, like Python's enumerate?
for index, element in enumerate(list):
...
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C# loop - break vs. continue
In a C# (feel free to answer for other languages) loop, what's the difference between break and continue as a means to leave the structure of the loop, and go to the next iteration?
Example:
foreach (DataRow row in myTable.Rows)
{
if…
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How do I iterate over an NSArray?
I'm looking for the standard idiom to iterate over an NSArray. My code needs to be suitable for OS X 10.4+.
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for each loop in Objective-C for accessing NSMutable dictionary
I am finding some difficulty in accessing mutable dictionary keys and values in Objective-C.
Suppose I have this:
NSMutableDictionary *xyz=[[NSMutableDictionary alloc] init];
I can set keys and values. Now, I just want to access each key and value,…
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What does the "map" method do in Ruby?
What does .map do in:
params = (0...param_count).map
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Case objects vs Enumerations in Scala
Are there any best-practice guidelines on when to use case classes (or case objects) vs extending Enumeration in Scala?
They seem to offer some of the same benefits.
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How to get the name of enumeration value in Swift?
If I have an enumeration with raw Integer values:
enum City: Int {
case Melbourne = 1, Chelyabinsk, Bursa
}
let city = City.Melbourne
How can I convert a city value to a string Melbourne? Is this kind of a type name introspection available in…
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Methods inside enum in C#
In Java, it's possible to have methods inside an enum.
Is there such possibility in C# or is it just a string collection and that's it?
I tried to override ToString() but it does not compile. Does someone have a simple code sample?
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foreach vs someList.ForEach(){}
There are apparently many ways to iterate over a collection. Curious if there are any differences, or why you'd use one way over the other.
First type:
List someList =
foreach(string s in someList) {
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Search for a string in Enum and return the Enum
I have an enumeration:
public enum MyColours
{
Red,
Green,
Blue,
Yellow,
Fuchsia,
Aqua,
Orange
}
and I have a string:
string colour = "Red";
I want to be able to return:
MyColours.Red
from:
public MyColours…
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Get enumeration name by value
Are there any standard methods to get Enumeration names by value?
An example:
class Example(enum.Enum):
one = 1
two = 2
ex_variable = 1
Given ex_variable, can I obtain the string contained in Example.one.name?
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What is the tilde (~) in the enum definition?
I'm always surprised that even after using C# for all this time now, I still manage to find things I didn't know about...
I've tried searching the internet for this, but using the "~" in a search isn't working for me so well and I didn't find…
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Why is the enumeration value from a multi dimensional array not equal to itself?
Consider:
using System;
public class Test
{
enum State : sbyte { OK = 0, BUG = -1 }
static void Main(string[] args)
{
var s = new State[1, 1];
s[0, 0] = State.BUG;
State a = s[0, 0];
Console.WriteLine(a…
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