enum question

[M.N.A.Smadi]

does python support a C-like enum statement where one can define a
variable with prespesified range of values?

thanks
m.smadi

 

[Larry Bates]

Not completely sure I understand (my C is weak).
But you can do:

x=range(9)

x's contents will be
[0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8]

or

x=range(12,25)

x's conetnst will be
[12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24]

if you mean a way to limit x's contents to a predefined
list of values, you need to write a class for that and
override the __setattr__ method to limit. Quick
example:

class a:
def __setattr__(self, attr, x):
if x in range(10): self.__dict__[attr]=x
else:
print "error, x not in ", str(range(10))

x=a()
x.value=11 error, x not in [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
x.value=8

Larry Bates

 

[Stephen Toledo-Brown]

does python support a C-like enum statement where one can define a
variable with prespesified range of values?

Not built in, but there are various solutions available, some simpler
than others. See the Infrequently Asked Questions:
http://www.norvig.com/python-iaq.html

 

[Patrick Useldinger]

does python support a C-like enum statement where one can define a
variable with prespesified range of values?

thanks
m.smadi

8

 

[Carl Banks]

does python support a C-like enum statement where one can define a
variable with prespesified range of values?

The thing is, variables don't have types; objects do. A variable can
be bound to an object of any type, so there's no way to prespecify a
range of values for a variable.

Your question has the air of someone who's evaluating Python features,
considering whether to try it. If so, you might need to widen your
worldview a little to understand Python; its variables are
fundamentally different from C, and things like enums don't make much
sense in Python because of it. However, Python is versatile enough
that you can get something to that effect if you really need it.