How to use enums in C++

Question

Suppose we have an enum like the following:

enum Days {Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday};

I want to crea

Answer 1

Rather than using a bunch of if-statements, enums lend themselves well to switch statements

I use some enum/switch combinations in the level builder I am building for my game.

EDIT: Another thing, I see you want syntax similar to;

if(day == Days.Saturday)
etc

You can do this in C++:

if(day == Days::Saturday)
etc

Here is a very simple example:

EnumAppState.h

#ifndef ENUMAPPSTATE_H
#define ENUMAPPSTATE_H
enum eAppState
{
    STARTUP,
    EDIT,
    ZONECREATION,
    SHUTDOWN,
    NOCHANGE
};
#endif

Somefile.cpp

#include "EnumAppState.h"
eAppState state = eAppState::STARTUP;
switch(state)
{
case STARTUP:
    //Do stuff
    break;
case EDIT:
    //Do stuff
    break;
case ZONECREATION:
    //Do stuff
    break;
case SHUTDOWN:
    //Do stuff
    break;
case NOCHANGE:
    //Do stuff
    break;
}