Indexing an array with litterals

[Antoine Junod]

Hello,

I would like to index an "array" (semantic, not logic) with litterals in
a smart way. I could do as follow:

#define WHILE 0
#define IF 1
#define FOR 2
....

and then use WHILE IF FOR to index my array. But that is not really
smart.

Any idea? Thanks a lot for your help
-AJ

[Emmanuel Delahaye]

Antoine Junod a écrit :

I would like to index an "array" (semantic, not logic) with litterals in
a smart way. I could do as follow:

#define WHILE 0
#define IF 1
#define FOR 2
...
or better

enum my_index
{
I_WHILE,
I_IF,
I_FOR,
I_NB
};
and then use WHILE IF FOR to index my array. But that is not really
smart.

What could be smarter ?

--
A+

Emmanuel Delahaye

[Antoine Junod]

> > I would like to index an "array" (semantic, not logic) with litterals in

a smart way. I could do as follow:
#define WHILE 0
#define IF 1
#define FOR 2
...

or better

enum my_index
{
I_WHILE,
I_IF,
I_FOR,
I_NB
};

That's really better. Thanks!

-AJ

[Keith Thompson]

Antoine Junod <to**@tots-ns.net> writes:

I would like to index an "array" (semantic, not logic) with litterals in
a smart way. I could do as follow:

#define WHILE 0
#define IF 1
#define FOR 2
...

and then use WHILE IF FOR to index my array. But that is not really
smart.

I have no idea what you mean by "semantic, not logic". Since you put
the word the word "array" in quotation marks, I'm guessing you don't
mean an array in the usual C sense, but I don't know what you do mean.

I suspect you're looking for an enumeration type.

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[Antoine Junod]

> > I would like to index an "array" (semantic, not logic) with litterals in

a smart way. I could do as follow:

#define WHILE 0
#define IF 1
#define FOR 2
...

and then use WHILE IF FOR to index my array. But that is not really
smart.

I have no idea what you mean by "semantic, not logic". Since you put
the word the word "array" in quotation marks, I'm guessing you don't
mean an array in the usual C sense, but I don't know what you do mean.

Thanks for your answer Keith. Semantic means it was not a obligation for
me to use an array but I needes a structure that works a bit like an
array.
But the question was not well asked. I should preprare my questions a
bit better.

-AJ