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An enumeration is a special kind of value type consisting of a list of named constants. To create one, you use the enum keyword followed by a name and a code block containing a comma-separated list of constant elements.

enum State { Run, Wait, Stop };

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Olsson, M. (2018). Enum. In: C# 7 Quick Syntax Reference. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3817-2_20

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