Re: [avr-gcc-list] Dumb C question

[Mike Tsao]

Easiest way is to make a constant that happens to live at the end of the
list:

enum eMenuItem
{
    D_this = 0,
    D_that,
    D_TheOtherThing,
    K_NUM_MENU_ITEMS /* This must remain at end of list */
}

Obviously this is fragile (other developers won't read your comments and
will put the next item at the very end of the list), and it requires the
first one to start at zero (though all true C programmers make all
enumerations start at zero ;), but it works.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Barello" <address@hidden>
To: "AVR GCC List" <address@hidden>
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 9:17 AM
Subject: [avr-gcc-list] Dumb C question


> I am slogging into the future and learning how to use "enums".  Is there
an
> elegant way to find out how many items there are in a particular enum?
i.e.
>
> enum eMenuItem
> {
>     D_this,
>     D_that,
>     D_TheOtherThing
> }
>
> If I say "sizeof(enum eMenuItem)" I just get 2, which of course is the
size
> of the enum.
>
> Cheers!
>
> avr-gcc-list at http://avr1.org
>

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