enum initializing

[xenovia12]

how can i initialize double or char or string to enum?

 enum players{
player_1=/*'a'*/,
player_2=2.3,
player_3="/*string*/,
}; 

[Zhuge]

I think you may be misunderstanding what an enumeration is for. What are you trying to do?

[xenovia12]

can you explain to me what it is for?

enum e_usflcnst{
CATLIFE_FACTOR=7.6 //enumerator value for catlife_factor is not an integer
                                   // this is what im tryin to do
};

int main()
{
	int age;
	cout << "Enter your age: ";
	cin >> age;
age /=CATLIFE_FACTOR;
	if(age==0)
{
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
else
	{

		cout << "If you were cat, you would be " << age << endl;
}}

[MiiNiPaa]

enumeration is always contains integral constants. And it should not be used to set constants.

For your needs, you should use normal constant:const double CATLIFE_FACTOR = 7.6;

You can even wrap it in namespace:

namespace useful_constants
{
    const double CATLIFE_FACTOR = 7.6;
    const std::string OUR_PLANET = "Earth";
}

namespace uc = useful_constants;

int main()
{
    std::cout << uc::CATLIFE_FACTOR << '\n';
    using namespace uc;
    std::cout << OUR_PLANET;
}

[xenovia12]

is that still an enum?

[MiiNiPaa]

No it is not an enum. You cannot use enum the way you want because they are not suitable for this task.