[C#] Enum with spaces?

[jonovate]

Has anyone ever been able to get an enum to compile with one of its values having a space in it?

ie:

private enum iTest
  {
 	 Food, Keys, Wife, Bath And Shower
  };

I have tried with single quotes, double quotes, parantheses, and square brackets around the value, and stilll no luck.

projects\consoleapplication1\class1.cs(12,27): error CS1513: } expected

projects\consoleapplication1\class1.cs(12,37): error CS1002: ; expected

projects\consoleapplication1\class1.cs(19,10): error CS1518: Expected class,

projects\consoleapplication1\class1.cs(19,27): error CS1001: Identifier expected

projects\consoleapplication1\class1.cs(19,29): error CS1518: Expected class, delegate, enum, interface, or struct

projects\consoleapplication1\class1.cs(26,1): error CS1022: Type or namespace definition, or end-of-file expected

(using VS.NET 2003 to compile)

[Winston]

Well it wouldn't make much sense, think about it an Enum would just be like declaring a list of variables, i'm pretty sure naming conventions of variables would also apply to Enums, like you can't declare a variable with spaces in it.

[jonovate]

Yah alright, makes sense now that I think about it.

What would be the easiest collection to iterate through, where I can refer to either an index or through teh value name? ArrayList?

[Winston]

  JJ6829 said:

Yah alright, makes sense now that I think about it.

What would be the easiest collection to iterate through, where I can refer to either an index or through teh value name?  ArrayList?

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If you want to access elements through a value name, probably have a look at HashMaps.

[John Veteran]

  JJ6829 said:

What would be the easiest collection to iterate through, where I can refer to either an index or through teh value name?  ArrayList?

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Can you rephrase that? :blink:

[smurfiness]

  Winston said:

If you want to access elements through a value name, probably have a look at HashMaps.

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The type in C# is called Hashtable, and that's exactly what it does. You can iterate through the collection to get what you want (the index approach) or you can refer to elements by names (if the keys are strings):

myHashList["Item1"]

[jonovate]

Well i finished it off without using anything, just cheated kinda by using what I had already.

thx all.

[Winston]

  dannysmurf said:

The type in C# is called Hashtable, and that's exactly what it does. You can iterate through the collection to get what you want (the index approach) or you can refer to elements by names (if the keys are strings):

myHashList["Item1"]

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lol :p... yeah i'm thinking in terms of Java too much