Enums in C++/CLI

Hi, I have been attempting to learn visual c++ recently. The book that I'm reading showed an example with enums in C++/CLI.

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#include "stdafx.h"

using namespace System;

enum class Suit{ Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts, Spades };

int main(array<System::String ^> ^args)
{
	Suit suit = Suit::Clubs;
	int value = safe_cast<int>(suit);
	Console::WriteLine(L"Suit is {0} and the value is {1} ", suit, value);
	return 0;
}


The expected result was suppose to be: Suit is Clubs and the value is 0.
However, I was not able to compile the above code successfully. Apparantly the book says that by outputting the value of suit, the value would be displayed as Clubs instead of 0. However I am not able to do so as the code gives me errors. Anyone knows why? Thanks in advance for any help that I can get! :)
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What errors are you getting? What version of Visual Studio are using?
Opps sorry I forgot to write that. I'm using Visual Studio 2013(The book is for 2010 though. Possible to be a competibility issue?).

Im not sure which error is important exactly so I'm just going to write everything.
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1>  ConsoleApplication1.cpp
1>ConsoleApplication1.cpp(28): error C2665: 'System::Console::WriteLine' : none of the 19 overloads could convert all the argument types
1>          c:\program files (x86)\reference assemblies\microsoft\framework\.netframework\v4.5\mscorlib.dll: could be 'void System::Console::WriteLine(System::String ^,...cli::array<System::Object ^,1> ^)'
1>          c:\program files (x86)\reference assemblies\microsoft\framework\.netframework\v4.5\mscorlib.dll: or       'void System::Console::WriteLine(System::String ^,System::Object ^,System::Object ^)'
1>          c:\program files (x86)\reference assemblies\microsoft\framework\.netframework\v4.5\mscorlib.dll: or       'void System::Console::WriteLine(cli::array<wchar_t,1> ^,int,int)'
1>          while trying to match the argument list '(const wchar_t [34], Suit, int)'
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========
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