The enum keyword means enumeration.
That is correct - In c plus plus you cannot assign integer value to enum - You can only assign an enum value to an enum. Even though an enum looks like an integer, it is not. It is an enum, and C++ implements strict type checking to reduce the probability of bad programming practices. enum ColorCode {black, brown, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet, grey, white}; ColorCode myColorCode; myColorCode = yellow; Even though yellow has an integer value of 4, you cannot say myColorCode = 4.
You can't pass an enum as an argument to a function. An enum in C isn't an object, it's a type. All you can do is pass a variable that is of the particular enum's type.
In C++, enum signifies a slightly stronger type than in C. For example, in C, one could write: enum Direction { UP, DOWN }; Direction d = 1; In C++, this would be illegal, only UP or DOWN can be assigned to a variable of type Direction, though there is still implicit casting to integer, so one could still write: int i = UP; Another difference has to do with the way variable are declared in general in C++. In C, once the enum was declared as above, declaring variables of type Direction would have to be done through the enum keyword, like this: enum Direction d = UP; In C++, the name "Direction" becomes a type in itself, so you can write: Direction d = UP;
enum field { name, course, grade }; std::string student[3]; student[name] = "Joe Bloggs"; student[course] = "C++ Programming"; student[grade] = "A+";
enum, void and const are relatively new keywords in Cnew, on the other hand, isn't a keyword in C
That is correct - In c plus plus you cannot assign integer value to enum - You can only assign an enum value to an enum. Even though an enum looks like an integer, it is not. It is an enum, and C++ implements strict type checking to reduce the probability of bad programming practices. enum ColorCode {black, brown, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet, grey, white}; ColorCode myColorCode; myColorCode = yellow; Even though yellow has an integer value of 4, you cannot say myColorCode = 4.
You can't pass an enum as an argument to a function. An enum in C isn't an object, it's a type. All you can do is pass a variable that is of the particular enum's type.
In C++, enum signifies a slightly stronger type than in C. For example, in C, one could write: enum Direction { UP, DOWN }; Direction d = 1; In C++, this would be illegal, only UP or DOWN can be assigned to a variable of type Direction, though there is still implicit casting to integer, so one could still write: int i = UP; Another difference has to do with the way variable are declared in general in C++. In C, once the enum was declared as above, declaring variables of type Direction would have to be done through the enum keyword, like this: enum Direction d = UP; In C++, the name "Direction" becomes a type in itself, so you can write: Direction d = UP;
The term 'enum' is short for 'enumerated type'. An enumerated type is a data type containing a set of values called elements. They can also be called members or enumerators.
"the" is not a keyword in the C Programming Language. Perhaps you meant "const" HTH Richard Wolf Software Architect
enum field { name, course, grade }; std::string student[3]; student[name] = "Joe Bloggs"; student[course] = "C++ Programming"; student[grade] = "A+";
loops execute a set of insructions repeatedly for a certain numbers of times..
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enum, void and const are relatively new keywords in Cnew, on the other hand, isn't a keyword in C
all the three are user defined datatypes
CA is an abbreviation for chartered accountant (Ca is the chemical symbol for calcium, which is an element). C++ is a programming language. If you actually meant what is the difference between C and C++ programming languages, then the main difference is that C++ incorporates object-oriented programming whereas C does not. Otherwise both languages are largely the same, insofar as most C programs will compile under C++ with relatively minor modification.
Contiguous memory allocation in C programming refers to the assigning of consecutive memory blocks to a process. Contiguous memory allocation is one of the oldest and most popular memory allocation schemes in programming.