enum problem

[Werner Modenbach]

On Donnerstag, 25. Oktober 2001 05:43 Phil wrote / Am Donnerstag, 25. Oktober 
2001 05:43 schrieb Phil:
> Hello all,
>
> I'm trying to use an enumerated type in an effort to avoid using a large
> switch/case block, but I don't think that it's possible.
>
> The following is a simplified example of what I'm trying to achieve.
>
> enum Mode {a,b,c};
> Mode mode;
>
> mode = (Mode) data[4];
>
> Data[4] is an unsigned char type and can have a value of 0,1 or 2 so mode
> will equal a, b or c at this point. So far so good.
>
> What I want to do now is print mode so that it is either a, b or c NOT 0,1
> or 2. Something like printf("Mode = %d\n", mode).
>
> Of course a switch statement works but Mode can have many more values that
> the 3 used in this example and so the switch block can be quite large. Is
> there a way to avoid this?

why don't you do a second array of names:

char modenames[] = {'a', 'b', 'c', 'd'};
printf("Mode = %c\n", modenames[(int)mode]);

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