Enums in Java

Question

How to deal with enums in Java? When I try to print it, it's printing a string. Then how are the comparisons made? String comparisons?

How to print or make comparisons with integer values of the enums just like in C++?

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Answer 1

Use ordinal method.

Example: test.zero.ordinal() returns 0.

Answer 2

You can do as CarrieForle has suggested, or if you want want to always get the integer value as a String returned instead of the name of the enum ("0" vs "zero"), then you can override the enum's toString() method.

enum test {
zero,
one,
two;

@Override
public String toString() {
return String.valueOf(this.ordinal());
}
}