Enumerations

[SotonStu]

I have to deal with an enumeration of card suits, decared as follows:
enum suits {spades, clubs, hearts, diamonds};

to create a new card i have to set a private short: value(its value, between 1 and 13) and a private suits: suit.
My program will read in a list of 52 cars in the format:
9 H
1 S
11 C etc.
How do i assign my card a suit using the enumeration, do i say suit = suits{3} or suits{hearts} or what.

thanks for any help

 

[apatterno]

class Card {
   enum suits {spades, clubs, hearts, diamonds};

   suits m_suit;
   int m_rank; // 1..13

public:
   void set_suit(suits suit);
   suits get_suit() const;
   void set_rank(int rank);
   int get_rank() const;
};

////////////////////////

void Card::set_suit(suits suit)
{
   m_suit = suit;
}

////////////////////////

Card card;
card.set_suit(Card::spades);

I REALLY hope that helps.
Will

 

[PerFnurt]

suit = hearts;

[sub]Nerdy signatures are as lame as the inconsistent stardates of STTNG.[/sub]