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// This time, EmpType maps to an underlying byte.

enum EmpType : byte

{

Manager = 10,

Grunt = 1,

Contractor = 100,

VicePresident = 9

}

Changing the underlying type of an enumeration can be helpful if you are building a .NET

application that will be deployed to a low-memory device (such as a .NET-enabled cell phone or

PDA) and need to conserve memory wherever possible. Of course, if you do establish your enumer-

ation to use a byte as storage, each value must be within its range!

Declaring and Using Enums

Once you have established the range and storage type of your enumeration, you can use it in place

of so-called magic numbers. Because enumerations are nothing more than a user-defined type, you

are able to use them as function return values, method parameters, local variables, and so forth.

Assume you have a method named AskForBonus(), taking an EmpType variable as the sole parameter.

Based on the value of the incoming parameter, you will print out a fitting response to the pay bonus

request:

class Program

{

static void Main(string[] args)

{

Console.WriteLine("**** Fun with Enums *****");

// Make a contractor type.

EmpType emp = EmpType.Contractor;

AskForBonus(emp);

Console.ReadLine();

}