How would i use a enum?

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1

I've seen others use enums before but i want to know if i can use it in this case...

Lets say im building some sort of skill manager type thing

and i use a enum like this...

public enum Skills
    name,
    icon,
    difficulty

three thing i need to say/ask, 1. How would i even create the enum im most likely guessing im using the wrong format. 2. Can i use it in this case 3. How would i call it to make more skills... like attack and shit like that

2

You example confuses me a bit. "name, icon, difficulty" are not really skills aren't they? That looks more like properties... Do you use Javascript or C#? Anyway, the syntax is the same. You forget the curly brackets.

public enum Skills
{
    name,
    icon,
    difficulty
}

Take a look at this question first:

http://answers.unity3d.com/questions/7950/how-to-declare-and-use-a-enum-variable-in-javascript

An enum just holds some named constants and can be used as a type. An enum variable is the same as an int variable They can of course be used as some sort of identifer for skills or as an index into an array.