枚举用法实例

原先C语言中枚举用的不多，现在整理一篇，方便以后自己复习：

函数功能是在定义的颜色数组中查找是否有从键盘中输入的颜色，如果有则打印响应的字符串，否则打印未找到的信息，并提示是否重新输入。

/*使用枚举值*/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdbool.h>

enum spectrum {red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet};//声明枚举
const char *colors[] = {"red","orange","yellow", "green", "blue", "violet"};//字符串数组
	
#define LEN 30

int main(void)
{
	char choice [LEN];
	enum spectrum color;
	bool color_is_found = false;
	
	puts("Enter a color (empty line to quit):");
	
	while (gets(choice) != NULL && choice[0] != '\0')//while循环，与puts("Next color, please (empty line to quit):");配合实现循环输入的功能
	{
		for (color = red; color <= violet; color++)//在数组中寻找是否有想要查询的颜色
			{
				if (strcmp(choice , colors[color]) == 0)
					{
						color_is_found = true;
						break;
					}
				
			}
			
			if (color_is_found)//当color_is_found标志为1时，打印响应的字符串
				switch (color)//choice 是字符串，switch接受的是数值的类型，所以此处使用的是color值。
				{
					case red: puts("Roses are red.");
					        break;
					case orange: puts("Poppies are orange.");
						break;										
					case yellow: puts("Sunflowers are yellow.");
						break;
					case green: puts("Grass are green.");
						break;
					case blue: puts("Bluebells are blue.");
						break;					
					case violet: puts("Violets are violet.")
						break;					
				}
				
			else
				printf ("I don't know about the color %s.\n",choice);
				color_is_found = false;
				
				puts("Next color, please (empty line to quit):");
	}
	
	puts("Bye!");
	
	return 0;//返回值
	

}

简单的总结：

枚举类型其实是用字符代表数字，方便记忆和使用，其实质还是数值。也就是说可以把它理解为助记符。