match char* to enum

[randy1200]

I've received the following:

typedef enum { 10Hz, 100Hz } myfreq_t;

So in my code, if I say:

myfreq_t f;
f = 10Hz; //f = 0, as expected

If I say:

myfreq_t f;
f = (myfreq_t)argv[1]; //compile error,
//invalid cast

Any ideas on how to match a char* to an enum value. I'm on Red Hat Linux,
if that matters.

Thanks,
Randy

 

[wittempj]

This code can not work, as an enum is made of identifiers - they start
with a character, not with a number. You can probably better create a
vector of strings and let f be a string??

 

[randy1200]

Comparing strings then using the identifier works. Many thanks.

Randy