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iOS Swift Enums and Structs Enums Enum Members and Raw Values

Jaskirat Singh
Jaskirat Singh
1,652 Points
Posted by Jaskirat Singh
Jaskirat Singh
1,652 Points

Enum Raw Value

Can an enum's Raw value be another enum?

1 Answer

Avi Zolty
Avi Zolty
2,001 Points

Unfortunately not. You receive a "need literal" error. Enum's rawValues need to be a string char or int/floating point number and by definition enums are their own type

" Raw values can be strings, characters, or any of the integer or floating-point number types. Each raw value must be unique within its enumeration declaration. When integers are used for raw values, they auto-increment if no value is specified for some of the enumeration members." -- Apple Dev Docs