Basic problem with creating enumerations

Unity Engine
1

So I seem to be unable to use it… when I try to apply it in the Start function it does not seem to recognize “RequiredSupport” as an enum. It doesn’t autocomplete it. How come?

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class ModelProperties : MonoBehaviour {
    public enum RequiredSupport (Yes, No);
    // Use this for initialization
    void Start () {
        RequiredSupport = Yes;
    }
   
    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update () {
   
    }
}
2

You need to use curly braces instead of normal ones:

public enum RequiredSupport
{
    Yes,
    No
}

Just out of curiosity though, if the only options are yes or no, why not use a boolean?

1 Like
3

Because I wanted to see how to use enumerations correctly for the future.

Thanks for the help!

4

  1. use curly braces

  2. that will only declare the enumeration type, you haven’t created a variable to store the enum.

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;
public class ModelProperties : MonoBehaviour {

   public enum SupportRequirement
   {
     Yes,
     No
   }
  
   public SupportRequirement RequiresSupport;
  
   // Use this for initialization
   void Start () {
     RequiresSupport = SupportRequirement.Yes;
   }

   // Update is called once per frame
   void Update () {

   }
}