What is enum in C#?
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In programming Language, an enumerated type (also called enumeration, enum, or factor in the R programming language, and a categorical variable in statistics) is a data type consisting of a set of named values called elements, members, enumeral, or enumerators of the type.
The enum keyword is used to create numeric constants in .NET framework. Its a value type with a set of related named constants often referred to as an enumerator list. It's a primitive data type, which is user-defined and this keyword is used to declare an enumeration. enum all members are of an enum type. It's should be a numeric value for each enum type. By default enumeration underlying type is int.
