What are Enumerations in VB.NET and how are they used?

Enumerations are new in VB.Net (As apposed to VB(i)) and they are used to group related sets of constants. To create a Enumeration you use the Enum statement. Example using a Enumeration

Module Module 1
Enum Months
January=1
Feburary=2
March=3
April=4
May=5
June=6
July=7
August=8
September=9
October=10
November=11
December=12
End Enum
Sub Main()
System.Console.WriteLine(“December is “ & Months.December &” th Month”)
End Sub
End Module

When using constant's declared in an Enumeration, you need to refer to it like so:

Months.December.

The output of the above code displays December is the 12th Month.

Written by Sandeep Mogulla, Webmaster at www.startvbdotnet.com

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