I have the following syntax:
enum home
{
no,
yes,
}homew;
home homes;
std::string s;
s="no";
homes=s; //is not working. Why?
Were am I wrong?
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You are confusing strings with enumerated values.
An
enumvariable is simply an integer that you can use a literal for at compile time, nothing more than that.It makes the code more understandable and self-documenting rather than merely using a number literal.