在程序中,可能需要为某些整数定义一个别名,我们可以利用预处理指令#define来完成这项工作,您的代码可能是:

#define MON  1
 #define TUE   2
 #define WED  3
 #define THU   4
 #define FRI    5
 #define SAT   6
 #define SUN   7

 
在此,我们定义一种新的数据类型,希望它能完成同样的工作。这种新的数据类型叫枚举型。

1. 定义一种新的数据类型 - 枚举型

 以下代码定义了这种新的数据类型 - 枚举型

enum DAY
 {
       MON=-2, TUE, WED, THU, FRI, SAT, SUN
 };

(1) 枚举型是一个集合,集合中的元素(枚举成员)是一些命名的整型常量,元素之间用逗号,隔开。

(2) DAY是一个标识符,可以看成这个集合的名字,是一个可选项,即是可有可无的项。

(3) 第一个枚举成员的默认值为整型的0(如果第一个成员设置了值,那么以设置值为准),后续枚举成员的值在前一个成员上加1。

(4) 可以人为设定枚举成员的值,从而自定义某个范围内的整数。

(5) 枚举型是预处理指令#define的替代。

(6) 类型定义以分号;结束。

 

2. 使用枚举类型对变量进行声明

新的数据类型定义完成后,它就可以使用了。我们已经见过最基本的数据类型,如:整型int, 单精度浮点型float, 双精度浮点型double, 字符型char, 短整型short等等。用这些基本数据类型声明变量通常是这样:

char     a; //变量a的类型均为字符型char

char     letter;
 int        x,
            y,
            z; //变量x,y和z的类型均为整型int
 int       number;
 double  m, n;
 double  result; //变量result的类型为双精度浮点型double

 
既然枚举也是一种数据类型,那么它和基本数据类型一样也可以对变量进行声明。

方法一:枚举类型的定义和变量的声明分开

enum DAY
 {
       MON=1, TUE, WED, THU, FRI, SAT, SUN
 };enum DAY yesterday;
 enum DAY today;
 enum DAY tomorrow; //变量tomorrow的类型为枚举型enum DAY
 enum DAY good_day, bad_day; //变量good_day和bad_day的类型均为枚举型enum DAY


 

方法二:类型定义与变量声明同时进行:

enum //跟第一个定义不同的是,此处的标号DAY省略,这是允许的。
 {
     saturday,
     sunday = 0,
     monday,
     tuesday,
     wednesday,
     thursday,
     friday
 } workday; //变量workday的类型为枚举型enum DAY enum week { Mon=1, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri Sat, Sun} days; //变量days的类型为枚举型enum week
  enum BOOLEAN { false, true } end_flag, match_flag; //定义枚举类型并声明了两个枚举型变量

方法三:用typedef关键字将枚举类型定义成别名,并利用该别名进行变量声明:

typedef enum workday
 {
     saturday,
     sunday = 0,
     monday,
     tuesday,
     wednesday,
     thursday,
     friday
 } workday; //此处的workday为枚举型enum workday的别名 
 workday today, tomorrow; //变量today和tomorrow的类型为枚举型workday,也即enum workday
  enum workday中的workday可以省略:
typedef enum
 {
     saturday,
     sunday = 0,
     monday,
     tuesday,
     wednesday,
     thursday,
     friday
 } workday; //此处的workday为枚举型enum workday的别名workday today, tomorrow; //变量today和tomorrow的类型为枚举型workday,也即enum workday
  
 也可以用这种方式:typedef enum workday
 {
     saturday,
     sunday = 0,
     monday,
     tuesday,
     wednesday,
     thursday,
     friday
 };workday today, tomorrow; //变量today和tomorrow的类型为枚举型workday,也即enum workday

注意:同一个程序中不能定义同名的枚举类型,不同的枚举类型中也不能存在同名的命名常量。错误示例如下所示:

错误声明一:存在同名的枚举类型

typedef enum
 {
     wednesday,
     thursday,
     friday
 } workday;typedef enum WEEK
 {
     saturday,
     sunday = 0,
     monday,
 } workday;

错误声明二:存在同名的枚举成员

typedef enum
 {
     wednesday,
     thursday,
     friday
 } workday_1;typedef enum WEEK
 {
     wednesday,
     sunday = 0,
     monday,
 } workday_2;

3. 使用枚举类型的变量

3.1 对枚举型的变量赋值。

实例将枚举类型的赋值与基本数据类型的赋值进行了对比:

方法一:先声明变量,再对变量赋值

#include<stdio.h>
/* 定义枚举类型 */
 enum DAY { MON=1, TUE, WED, THU, FRI, SAT, SUN };void main()
 {
     /* 使用基本数据类型声明变量,然后对变量赋值 */
     int x, y, z;
     
     x = 10;
     y = 20;
     z = 30;
     
     /* 使用枚举类型声明变量,再对枚举型变量赋值 */
     enum DAY yesterday, today, tomorrow;
     
     yesterday = MON;
     today     = TUE;
     tomorrow  = WED;    printf("%d %d %d \n", yesterday, today, tomorrow);
 }

 

方法二:声明变量的同时赋初值

#include <stdio.h>
/* 定义枚举类型 */
 enum DAY { MON=1, TUE, WED, THU, FRI, SAT, SUN };void main()
 {
     /* 使用基本数据类型声明变量同时对变量赋初值 */
     int x=10, y=20, z=30;    /* 使用枚举类型声明变量同时对枚举型变量赋初值 */
     enum DAY yesterday = MON, 
                         today = TUE,
                    tomorrow = WED;    printf("%d %d %d \n", yesterday, today, tomorrow);
 }

 
方法三:定义类型的同时声明变量,然后对变量赋值。

#include <stdio.h>
/* 定义枚举类型,同时声明该类型的三个变量,它们都为全局变量 */
 enum DAY { MON=1, TUE, WED, THU, FRI, SAT, SUN } yesterday, today, tomorrow;/* 定义三个具有基本数据类型的变量,它们都为全局变量 */
 int x, y, z;void main()
 {
     /* 对基本数据类型的变量赋值 */
     x = 10;  y = 20;  z = 30;
     
     /* 对枚举型的变量赋值 */
     yesterday = MON;
     today     = TUE;
     tomorrow  = WED;    printf("%d %d %d \n", x, y, z); //输出:10 20 30
     printf("%d %d %d \n", yesterday, today, tomorrow); //输出:1 2 3
 }

方法四:类型定义,变量声明,赋初值同时进行。

#include <stdio.h>
/* 定义枚举类型,同时声明该类型的三个变量,并赋初值。它们都为全局变量 */
 enum DAY
 {
     MON=1, 
     TUE,
     WED,
     THU,
     FRI,
     SAT,
     SUN 
 }
 yesterday = MON, today = TUE, tomorrow = WED;/* 定义三个具有基本数据类型的变量,并赋初值。它们都为全局变量 */
 int x = 10, y = 20, z = 30;void main()
 {
     printf("%d %d %d \n", x, y, z); //输出:10 20 30
     printf("%d %d %d \n", yesterday, today, tomorrow); //输出:1 2 3
 }

3.2 对枚举型的变量赋整数值时,需要进行类型转换。

#include <stdio.h>
enum DAY { MON=1, TUE, WED, THU, FRI, SAT, SUN };
void main()
 {
     enum DAY yesterday, today, tomorrow;    yesterday = TUE;
     today = (enum DAY) (yesterday + 1); //类型转换
     tomorrow = (enum DAY) 30; //类型转换
     //tomorrow = 3; //错误    printf("%d %d %d \n", yesterday, today, tomorrow); //输出:2 3 30
 }

3.3 使用枚举型变量

#include<stdio.h>
enum
 { 
     BELL          = '\a',
     BACKSPACE = '\b',
     HTAB         = '\t',
     RETURN      = '\r',
     NEWLINE    = '\n', 
     VTAB         = '\v',
     SPACE       = ' '
 };enum BOOLEAN { FALSE = 0, TRUE } match_flag;
void main()
 {
     int index = 0;
     int count_of_letter = 0;
     int count_of_space = 0;    char str[] = "I'm Ely efod";
    match_flag = FALSE;
    for(; str[index] != '\0'; index++)
         if( SPACE != str[index] )
             count_of_letter++;
         else
         {
             match_flag = (enum BOOLEAN) 1;
             count_of_space++;
         }
     
     printf("%s %d times %c", match_flag ? "match" : "not match", count_of_space, NEWLINE);
     printf("count of letters: %d %c%c", count_of_letter, NEWLINE, RETURN);
 }

输出:

match 2 times
 count of letters: 10
 Press any key to continue

 

4. 枚举类型与sizeof运算符

#include <stdio.h>
enum escapes
 { 
     BELL      = '\a',
     BACKSPACE = '\b',
     HTAB      = '\t',
     RETURN    = '\r',
     NEWLINE   = '\n', 
     VTAB      = '\v',
     SPACE     = ' '
 };enum BOOLEAN { FALSE = 0, TRUE } match_flag;
void main()
 {
     printf("%d bytes \n", sizeof(enum escapes)); //4 bytes
     printf("%d bytes \n", sizeof(escapes)); //4 bytes    printf("%d bytes \n", sizeof(enum BOOLEAN)); //4 bytes
     printf("%d bytes \n", sizeof(BOOLEAN)); //4 bytes
     printf("%d bytes \n", sizeof(match_flag)); //4 bytes    printf("%d bytes \n", sizeof(SPACE)); //4 bytes
     printf("%d bytes \n", sizeof(NEWLINE)); //4 bytes
     printf("%d bytes \n", sizeof(FALSE)); //4 bytes
     printf("%d bytes \n", sizeof(0)); //4 bytes
 }

5. 综合举例

#include<stdio.h>
enum Season
 {
     spring, summer=100, fall=96, winter
 };typedef enum
 {
     Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
 }
 Weekday;void main()
 {
     /* Season */
     printf("%d \n", spring); // 0
     printf("%d, %c \n", summer, summer); // 100, d
     printf("%d \n", fall+winter); // 193    Season mySeason=winter;
     if(winter==mySeason)
         printf("mySeason is winter \n"); // mySeason is winter
     
     int x=100;
     if(x==summer)
         printf("x is equal to summer\n"); // x is equal to summer    printf("%d bytes\n", sizeof(spring)); // 4 bytes
    /* Weekday */
     printf("sizeof Weekday is: %d \n", sizeof(Weekday)); //sizeof Weekday is: 4    Weekday today = Saturday;
     Weekday tomorrow;
     if(today == Monday)
         tomorrow = Tuesday;
     else
         tomorrow = (Weekday) (today + 1); //remember to convert from int to Weekday
 }

注意:1.将枚举类型赋值给int型时,可以直接赋值不必转换;但是将int类型给枚举类型赋值时需要强制转换;

          2.枚举类型直接可以直接比较是否相等,枚举类型也可以和int类型直接比较。