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Im confused about what an "enum" is, can someone explain?
Ive always been confused about what an enum is. Ive used them before with UserInputService but I never knew what the enum does or what it means. Can someone explain, thankss.
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I googled and got this An enumeration — sometimes shortened to “enum” — is a special data type that can take one of a set of values. For example, the Material enum represents the material type for a part. See the Enum Index for a full list of enum types in Roblox. In a script, enums are accessed through a global object called Enum .link:https://developer.roblox.com/en-us/articles/Enumeration#:~:te robot7866 36 — 4y
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Enum is short for enumeration. Basically if you're trying to change say the material of a part which has a selection of mats for you to choose from (brick, neon, smooth plastic, etc), you use enum.
1 | Part.Material = Enum.Material.SmoothPlastic |
UserInputService is another thing you can use enums for. Say you're trying to detect when a player presses E. There's a selection of keys that you can choose from (W, Space, LeftAlt, RightShift, etc).
1 | UIS.InputBegan:Connect(function(input) |
2 | if input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.E then |
3 | --blah blah blah |
4 | end |
5 | end) |
