Grouping Constants with Enumerations
Enumerations are another kind of value type available in the .NET Framework. They represent a group of constants enclosed within an Enum..End Enum
code block. An enumeration derives from System.Enum
, which derives from System.ValueType
. The following is an example of enumeration:
'These are all IntegersPublic Enum Sports Biking '0 Climbing '1 Swimming '2 Running '3 Skiing '4End Enum
By default, enumerations are sets of integer values. The preceding code defines a Sports
enumeration of type Integer
, which stores a set of integer constants. The Visual Basic compiler can also automatically assign an integer value to each member within an enumeration, starting from zero, as ...
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