Question

If have an enumeration like so:

typedef enum {
    ValueOne = /* some arbitrary number, NOT necessarily 0 */,
    ValueTwo = /* another number, NOT necessarily consecutive */
} MyEnumeration;

I was wondering if there is any way to get an array out of it and access a value at a specific index without doing this:

int array[2] = {ValueOne, ValueTwo};
MyEnumeration value = array[provided_index];

My problem is that in my project, the enumerations have 10-15 values, and I’d rather not create an array out of each one of them.

[Edit]: I can see how this would not be possible since typedef and enum aren’t tied together at all, but I figured it wouldn’t hurt to ask in case I was missing something.

Answer 1

No.

You will have to write the code for both the enum and the array, or use some technique to auto-generate code to reduce the maintenance burden.

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