Simple, little trick with enumerations

[RobertSF]

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Enumeration
  #Item_1
  #Item_2
  #Item_3
  #Item_4
  #Item_5
  #Total_Entries ; automatically equals 5
EndEnumeration

If you add or remove items, #Total_Entries remains accurate. If your code needs to know the number of items, and you hardcode that number, you'll have to change it if you ever change the number of items. This way, you don't, plus your code is more readable. (e.g. If Entries_Processed = #TotalEntries vs. If Entries_Processed = #5)

[Paul]

Or just use the provided #PB_Compiler_EnumerationValue

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Enumeration
  #Item_1
  #Item_2
  #Item_3
  #Item_4
  #Item_5
EndEnumeration
Total_Entries=#PB_Compiler_EnumerationValue

Also keep in mind if you start your enumeration at a specified value your result won't be the number if items, but the last enumerated value that was used...

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Enumeration 10
  #Item_1
  #Item_2
  #Item_3
  #Total_Entries   ; value will be 13  (will not be 3)
EndEnumeration

[davido]

@RobertSF,

You could try this, perhaps:

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dt = #PB_Compiler_Line
Enumeration 10
  #Item_1
  #Item_2
  #Item_3
  #Item_4
  #Item_5
EndEnumeration
Debug #PB_Compiler_Line - dt - 3

[NicTheQuick]

This is also a nice Enumeration trick to get powers of 2:

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Macro enum2pow(_const_)
   _const_ = (Bool(#PB_Compiler_EnumerationValue = 0) + Bool(#PB_Compiler_EnumerationValue > 0) * 2 * (#PB_Compiler_EnumerationValue - 1))
EndMacro

Enumeration
    enum2pow(#c1)
    enum2pow(#c2)
    enum2pow(#c3)
    enum2pow(#c4)
    enum2pow(#c5)
    enum2pow(#c6)
    enum2pow(#c7)
EndEnumeration
 
Debug #c1
Debug #c2
Debug #c3
Debug #c4
Debug #c5
Debug #c6
Debug #c7

[Josh]

This is also a nice Enumeration trick to get powers of 2

For this I use EnumerationBinary

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EnumerationBinary
  #c1
  #c2
  #c3
  #c4
  #c5
  #c6
  #c7
EndEnumeration
 
Debug #c1
Debug #c2
Debug #c3
Debug #c4
Debug #c5
Debug #c6
Debug #c7

[Paul]

For this I use EnumerationBinary

Nice... I totally missed this one in the manual

[Josh]

Nice... I totally missed this one in the manual

This is described in the help under Enumeration.

[NicTheQuick]

This is also a nice Enumeration trick to get powers of 2

For this I use EnumerationBinary

Oh nooo

[RobertSF]

Wow, thanks everyone! Learned stuff I didn't know.