enumerations

[hooshdar3]

Hi.
suppose I have these definitions:

enum flower{violet, linda, mina};
    flower f;

what is wrong with the instruction
f=3

?Thanks in advance!

[Peter87]

f is not an integer. f is a flower so you can only give it the values violet, linda or mina.

[zb0S216C]

In addition to Peter87's reply:

Enumeration lists, such as "flower", introduce a new type. This means that each enumerator that pertains to "flower" is a possible value for that type. For instance, take your "f". Each enumerator of "flower" can be assigned to "f." However, "f" cannot be assigned to any other type of value.

_Wazzak

[hooshdar3]

Thank you all.