Resolved: Data Type

Not sure if this can be done, but I would think that you could. Basically what I'm wanting to know is if you are creating a new object, is there a way to create a new data type for one of the properties? I'll try to give a simple example. If I wanted one property to be "Gender" is there a way to create a data type that allows only the "Female" and "Male" options for that property, like "True" and "False" with other properties? Hopefully that makes sense.

Thanks in advance!

i really didnt get it
you want to create a class/struct that has an enum saying Woman, Man?

In a simple fashion, yes. I was just giving that as an example. I want to be able to do something like this:

Human.Gender = "Male"
or
Human.Gender = "Female"

Use an Enum:

VB Code:

Public Class Human
    Public Enum Genders
        Male
        Female
    End Enum
 
    Private _Gender As Genders
 
    Public Property Gender() As Genders
        Get
            Return _Gender
        End Get
        Set(ByVal Value As Genders)
            _Gender = Value
        End Set
    End Property
End Class
 
'syntax
Dim you As New Human
you.Gender=Male

That works fine, but now I have one more question. If you have a string now that is "Male", can that be casted to the Genders type instead of being a string?

Yes.

VB Code:

Dim you As New Human
you.Gender=[Enum].Parse(gettype(Genders),"Male")

Thank you VERY much!