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Re: Question about enums


  • Subject: Re: Question about enums
  • From: Michael de Haan  <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2015 14:03:23 -0700

Quincey and Stephen
Thank you for your great input.
And..yes..it does compile!!!  :-)

> On Jul 17, 2015, at 1:57 PM, Stephen J. Butler <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> Or what about this? Tested this time...
>
> enum Foo {
>     case Bar
>     case Etc
>     case Etc_Etc
>     case Custom(String)
>
>     func asString() -> String {
>         switch self {
>         case .Bar: return "Bar"
>         case .Etc: return "Etc"
>         case .Etc_Etc: return "Etc Etc"
>         case .Custom(let value): return value
>         }
>     }
>
>     init(withString value: String) {
>         switch value {
>         case "Bar": self = .Bar
>         case "Etc": self = .Etc
>         case "Etc Etc": self = .Etc_Etc
>         default:
>             self = .Custom(value)
>         }
>
>     }
> }
>
> let a = Foo(withString: "Bar")
> let b = Foo(withString: "Something Else")
>
> print("a = \(a.asString()); b = \(b.asString())")
>
> I guess more typing, and some room for error in the initializer, but it does do away with the wrapper class.
>
> On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 3:39 PM, Quincey Morris <email@hidden <mailto:email@hidden>> wrote:
> On Jul 17, 2015, at 13:33 , Stephen J. Butler <email@hidden <mailto:email@hidden>> wrote:
>>
>> How about using a Custom option with an associated String value?
>>
>> enum Foo:String {
>>
>>    case Bar = “Bar"
>>    case Etc = “Etc"
>>    case Etc_Etc = “Etc Etc"
>>    case Custom(String)
>> }
>
> Unfortunately that won’t compile. One alternative is:
>
>> enum Foo: String {
>> 	case Bar = "Bar"
>> 	case Etc = "Etc"
>> 	case Etc_Etc = "Etc Etc"
>> }
>>
>> enum FooPlus {
>> 	case AFoo (Foo)
>> 	case AString (String)
>>
>> 	var asString: String {
>> 		switch self
>> 		{
>> 		case let .AFoo (foo): return foo.rawValue
>> 		case let.AString (string): return string
>> 		}
>> 	}
>> }
>
>
>

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 >Question about enums (From: Michael de Haan  <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Question about enums (From: "Stephen J. Butler" <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Question about enums (From: Quincey Morris <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Question about enums (From: "Stephen J. Butler" <email@hidden>)

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