Since there is new NSNumber literals in Objective-C that you can use, for instance:

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Asked: June 14, 20262026-06-14T02:14:24+00:00 2026-06-14T02:14:24+00:00

Since there is new NSNumber literals in Objective-C that you can use, for instance:

NSNumber *n1 = @1000;  // [NSNumber numberWithInt:1000]

But it doesn’t seem to be possible to use together with enums? I have tried:

typedef enum {

    MyEnumA = 0,
    MyEnumB,
    MyEnumC

} MyEnum;

NSNumber *n2 = @MyEnumA;  // [NSNumber numberWithInt:MyEnumA]

But I get a compiler error saying:

Unexpected ‘@’ in program

I don’t understand why it doesn’t work since an enum is an int?
Is there a way to make this work?

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Editorial Team · Answer 1 · 2026-06-14T02:14:25+00:00

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For named constants, you need to use @(MyEnumA).

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