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Posted by Shay Paustovsky
Shay Paustovsky
285 Points

Question About Enums

Hello,

I've had this question about enums for a long time which prevents me from continuing my learning journey.

I know that an Enum is similar to a struct or a class in that its a blueprint / construct we use to model finite data/data with fixed amount of values.

My Question is: What exactly are the values/what do enum members represent except their name. 

enum Day {
    case sunday
    case monday
    case tuesday
    case wednesday
    case thursday
    case friday
    case saturday
}

For Example -> What does 'case sunday' represents.

Thanks everyone in advance.

1 Answer

Bruce Röttgers
Bruce Röttgers
18,211 Points
Bruce Röttgers
Bruce Röttgers
18,211 Points

Well it represents their raw value, which can be either a String or an Int depending on how you declare it. In case of an Int sunday would be 0, etc