enum

[klutez123]

how do I input info entered for a enumerated object? enum typeofbook {fiction, nonfiction, reference, pond}; I'm trying to prompt the user which type of book they are entering information for. Any ideas would be appreciated. thanks

[David Crow]

Your question is not very clear.

cout << "Which type of book... (1=fiction, 2=nonfiction, 3=reference, 4=pond)";
int nType;
cin >> nType;
switch (nType)
{
case 1:
break;
...
}

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[klutez123]

I put enum typeofbook {fiction, nonfiction, reference, pond}; in a structure which is then declared the structure as books. I am asking the user which type of book he is entering information for, 1 fiction, 2 nonfiction, 3 reference, 4 pond. Once they enter either the number or name for type of book, I need to cin>> the information or something so I can store into a text file.

[Maximilien]

enum are only an internal semantic representation of an integer value. you will store the integer value; not it's "representation" if a user enters 1 ( in the enum is fiction ) it will be stored as 1. pseudo code : you can either directly do something like : typedef enum {fiction, nonfiction, reference, pond} typeofbook; typeofbook myBookType; int i; cin>>i; myBookType = (typeofbook) i;

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