Multiple character constants in C#?

[myjunk12]

Hi,

In C++, I could create an enum like this:

enum Position
{
Quarterback = 'QB',
LeftCornerback = 'LCB',
RightOutsideLinebacker = 'ROLB'
}

The multiple character constants get packed into an integer. Up to 4
characters are put in the integer, one per nibble.

Can this be done in C#? If so, is it officially supported?

Thanks,
Mike

[Mythran]

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Hi,

In C++, I could create an enum like this:

enum Position
{
Quarterback = 'QB',
LeftCornerback = 'LCB',
RightOutsideLinebacker = 'ROLB'
}

The multiple character constants get packed into an integer. Up to 4
characters are put in the integer, one per nibble.

Can this be done in C#? If so, is it officially supported?

Thanks,
Mike

Well, how do you represent a full one-byte character in a single nibble?
Would you place each ASCII character value (0-127) into the nibble? AFAIK,
without some development effort and creating your own class, you can't. At
least with enums you can't.

But that is AFAIK....

Mythran

[Stoitcho Goutsev \(100\)]

I don't think you can do that
I C# the type Char is different than int or byte or whatever. Further more
..NET characters are unicode characters 16 bit long.
What you can do is to pack the characters by yourself and set them as
numbers.
--

Stoitcho Goutsev (100)

<my******@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:11**********************@g43g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...

Hi,

In C++, I could create an enum like this:

enum Position
{
Quarterback = 'QB',
LeftCornerback = 'LCB',
RightOutsideLinebacker = 'ROLB'
}

The multiple character constants get packed into an integer. Up to 4
characters are put in the integer, one per nibble.

Can this be done in C#? If so, is it officially supported?

Thanks,
Mike

[myjunk12]

Whoops, that was a typo. Each character was in a single byte of the
32-bit integer.