Enumerations Overview (Visual Basic)

Enumerations provide a convenient way to work with sets of related constants and to associate constant values with names. For example, you can declare an enumeration for a set of integer constants associated with the days of the week, and then use the names of the days rather than their integer values in your code.

Tasks involving Enumerations

The following table lists common tasks involving enumerations.

To do this	See
Find a pre-defined enumeration	Constants and Enumerations
Declare an enumeration	How to: Declare an Enumeration
Fully qualify an enumeration's name	Enumerations and Name Qualification
Refer to an enumeration member	How to: Refer to an Enumeration Member
Iterate through an enumeration	How to: Iterate Through An Enumeration in Visual Basic
Determine the string associated with an enumeration	How to: Determine the String Associated with an Enumeration Value
Decide when to use an enumeration	When to Use an Enumeration

See also

• Constants Overview
• User-Defined Constants
• How to: Declare A Constant
• Constant and Literal Data Types
• Enum Statement