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enum variable as 0 indexed matrix

Hello experts :-)

Another newbie question if I may :-)

My variable:

enum Jack
{
int jack1,
int jack2
}

Jack jack = [item with index 1, which is jack2]

Question:

How can I do it?

Thank you

panJacek

tigin44

declare enumaration as

enum Jack
{
jack1,
jack2
}

panJacek

ASKER

Sorry, my mistake.

The same question one more time:

My variable:

enum Jack
{
jack1,
jack2
}

Jack jack = [item with index 1, which is jack2 but I want to use integer index not 'jack2' index]

Question:

How can I do it?

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Mike Tomlinson

Do you want "jack" to have a VALUE of 1?...or be assigned to the SECOND entry in the Enum?

Since you could have this:

enum Jack
{
jack1 = 8,
jack2 = 16
}

It would be "legal" to assign a value of 1 even though there isn't a corresponding entry that equals 1:

Jack jack = (Jack)1; // works even though Jack doesn't have an entry with 1!

If you want the second entry, then you could do:

String[] names = Enum.GetNames(typeof(Jack));
Jack jack = (Jack)Enum.Parse(typeof(Jack), names[1]);
string msg = "jack = " + jack.ToString() + " = " + ((int)jack).ToString();
MessageBox.Show(msg);