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Enumarations:

* These are used to assign names to integer constants.


* "enum" keyword is used to create an enumaration.
* enumaration must have name, is called as datatype.
* program contains enumarations will improve readability.
syntax:
enum name{name1,name2,name3,....};

1.enumaration with default values:


* default values for enumaration begins with 0
* assign integer values to names in increment order.
ex:
enum days{mon,tus,wed,thr,fri,sat,sun};
printf("%d",mon); //0

2.enumaration with user specified start value:


* first name is assigned with a value
* next names will be by default assigned values in increment order.
ex:
enum days{mon=1,tus,wed,thr,fri,sat,sun};
printf("%d",mon); //1

3.enumaration with user specified values for each name:


ex:
enum nums{one=1,five=5,seven=7,ten=10};

4.enumaration with custom ranges:


* one set of names will have one sequence of numbers
* another set of names will have another sequence of numbers.
ex:
enum nums{one=1,two,three,four,seven=7,eight,nine,ten};

5.Mulitple enumaration in program:


* enumaration defined with name having value can't used in another enumaration
in same program.
ex:
enum bool{true=1,false=0};
enum res{true=0,false=1}; // error true is already defined.

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