[RESOLVED] Simple example of creating an Enumerable

[wornways]

I think I understand from a previous post that an Enumerable is that allows me to do stuff like:

MyFunction("somestring", MyEnum.MeaningfulName)

Where the function does something, and the MyEnum contains a series of numeric designators assigned to meaningful names. The function then decides what to do based on those meaningful names.

I'd like to to create my own Enumerable (MyEnum) with my own series of designations. But I can't find a simple example of how to do this online. Everything I find is overcomplicated and blown out of proportion so badly that I can't begin to decipher from all the noise how I'd go about just doing what I want--which is really basic.

I just need to know the basic syntax involved in defining an enumerable. I already know how to use it once it's defined.

[wornways]

Never mind! I got it. What I couldn't find on the net I found in one of my useless books. Amazing!

[jmcilhinney]

That's an "enumeration", not an "enumerable". If you're talking about the thread that I think you are then that was explained more than once. An enumerable is something that implements the IEnumerable interface and can therefore be looped over using a For Each loop. Maybe you're not talking about the thread I thought you were because it also shows how to declare an enumeration. Actually no, it looks like you were talking about that thread because you posted to it. Maybe you should have read it more carefully.

http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.p...ht=enumeration

Post #3 explains what an enumeration is and how to declare one, as does at least one other post later on, which I know because I posted it.

[wornways]

That's an "enumeration", not an "enumerable". If you're talking about the thread that I think you are then that was explained more than once. An enumerable is something that implements the IEnumerable interface and can therefore be looped over using a For Each loop. Maybe you're not talking about the thread I thought you were because it also shows how to declare an enumeration. Actually no, it looks like you were talking about that thread because you posted to it. Maybe you should have read it more carefully.

http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.p...ht=enumeration

Post #3 explains what an enumeration is and how to declare one, as does at least one other post later on, which I know because I posted it.

I should have reread that post. Anyway, what I'm using is declared as "Enum". It's pretty interesting. I really like this particular structure. It's uses are endless.

[jmcilhinney]

They are pretty handy little b*ggers.