Declaration

enum DaysOfWeek
{
    Monday,
    Tuesday, 
    Wednesday, 
    Thursday, 
    Friday, 
    Saturday, 
    Sunday
}

• Each enum value has an integer associated with it, starting at 0 by default.

• Declaration below is identical to the above.

enum DaysOfWeek
{
    Monday = 0,
    Tuesday = 1, 
    Wednesday = 2, 
    Thursday = 3, 
    Friday = 4, 
    Saturday = 5, 
    Sunday = 6
}

• Starting indexed can be changed as below.

  • Following values will have indices incremented by 1.

  • i.e., Tuesday's index will be 2, Wednesday's will be 3, and so on.

enum DaysOfWeek
{
    Monday = 1,
    Tuesday, 
    Wednesday, 
    Thursday, 
    Friday, 
    Saturday, 
    Sunday
}