Multiple options for Enum values

[BenSC]

Dear All,
I've been tasked with updating an Enumeration in a vb.net 2003 solution. The existing enum looks as follows

A = 48
B = 49

However, the requirement is now that each item can result from multiple values. For example:

A = 48 or 65 or 66
B = 49 or 67

I have tried amending the enum as above, but it doesn't evaluate correctly and returns nothing.

I am not free to dictate the numbers selected on as they're bound to table values.

Does anyone know if it is actually possible to do this with an enumeration, or am I going to have to re-write the logic for this task?

Any help would be much appreciated.
Regards
Ben Cooper

 

[RiverGuy]

No you can't do that. Yes you are going to have to rewrite your logic, and that's going to depend on exactly what you are doing. The information I am getting is that you are bringing in numerical values from a database. Then what happens? How is your current code using the enums?

 

[chiph]

Like RiverGuy says -- you can't do that.

An enum is a mapping from a name to a value, with the underlying assumption that the name is unique.

You can do the reverse (multiple names mapping to the same value), but not a single name mapping to multiple values.

AFAIK, you can't even do it with static/shared constants. The name must be unique.

Chip H.


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