Can anyone tell me in what situations can I use enumerated data type?

Question

I would like to know some ways in which I can use enumerated data type. Some applications sort of.

Answer 1

If you have a limited set of options and don't want data to overflow these options. For example, in a personal project I have the following options: Add, Edit or Status.

I could store them a lot of ways, but by using enums, I'm sure the input will always be one of these. There's no way a user will input something like Delete, because it is not enumerated and won't be even considered other than an error.