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C# C# Streams and Data Processing Parsing Data Working with Enums

Posted by Peter Furler
Peter Furler
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Enums

Is an enum a value type or a reference type?

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

System.Enum is a reference type, but any specific enum type is a value type.

So if you had an enum named "Colors", then "Colors.dustyrose" would be a value type.