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What are the advantages of user defined enumeration types?

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User-defined enumeration types are most useful when a data type can take one of a small, discrete set of values, each of which have some meaning that is not a number. A favorite example in textbooks is a type for the suit of a playing card. There are four options: SPADE, CLUB, HEART, DIAMOND, and so we would make an enumeration type with these four entries. The main advantages are efficiency in storage (compared to e.g. storing these values as strings) and more readable code.

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