enum

[fairyfloss]

hey ive looked on the net and other places but cant find a way to do this so i thought ill ask her.

my question how do you validate a member of an enum.
eg:
enum titletype = {Ms, Mrs, Mr, Dr}

if the user entered Ms how to i search the enum to see if it exists, just like if they entered Miss it would be an error.

thanks in advance

[Duncan]

this is not something that you would use enums for.

I would do so like this

#include <string>
using std::string;

string prefixes[4] = {"Ms", "Mrs", "Mr", "Dr"};

bool is_valid_prefix(string p)
{
  for (int i=0; i < 4; i++)
  {
    if (p==prefixes[i])
      return true;
  }
  return false;
}

[Mythios]

An enum would be used in a situation like:

enum STANCE
{
    STANDING,
    MOVING_RIGHT,
    MOVING_LEFT,
    JUMPING
};

Just as an example.

Go here and have a look at them as well - http://www.cprogramming.com/tutorial/enum.html

[fairyfloss]

see thats the thing i dont want to use an enum but its a small section of this task i have been given and atm ive just been putting it off by using a string.

@Mythios: thanks for the linked it did help, now i just have to keep on tweaking to get it right

thanks for all your help

[Mythios]

No problem ;)

[kempofighter]

see thats the thing i dont want to use an enum but its a small section of this task i have been given and atm ive just been putting it off by using a string.

That doesn't make a lot of sense to me since I don't know what the whole task is. I never did understand the original question. It doesn't make sense.