What is Enum? The only thing I use it for is UserInputService.
But never understood what it is? Can someone explain? What else can I use it for?? Thanks!
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Enum is short for enumeration and by definition means a list of all items in a collection.
Generally speaking, you can use Enum for almost everything!
You can find a whole entire list of what enums could be used for in Category:Enums. There are a total of 173 subcategories for enums in this link. (I wasn't kidding when I said they're used for almost everything.)
Example: Let's say I want to set a property for a part. I want to change the material of a part to diamond plate, for instance. I would do the following:
local part = Instance.new("Part")
part.Parent = workspace
part.Material = Enum.Material.DiamondPlate --Using enum to set a material property.
Enum has 173 or so subcategories as we have seen earlier. However, only a few of these categories are relevant to a Part. Some of these subcategories include:
- Material
- InputType
Note: There may be more; this is just an example.
Okay, we want to change Material. What can we choose from?
- Plastic
- Neon
- WoodPlanks
- Slate
- CorrodedMetal
- Foil
- Grass
- DiamondPlate
- Fabric
Note: There may be more; this is just an example.
Alright, I want to choose DiamondPlate. So I write everything as follows:
part.Material = Enum.Material.DiamondPlate
Here this is how you use it:
local UIS = game:GetService('UserInputService')
UIS.InputBegan:Connect(function(input, gamestuff) -- when anything happens
if gamestuff then return end -- if dealing with gui stuff then stop
if Input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.W then -- change w to what u want
-- code here
end
end)
So, you would do:
Enum then Category (in this case KeyCode) and that thing you want.
the line you used should be:
Input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.F
or
Enum.KeyCode.F
I really don't know how to explain this sorry. This is just an example of how you can use it. You're basically trying to say if they input is f then.
Hope this helped in some sort of way.
Best of luck developer!
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Hey, thanks for answering. I might have phrased the question badly, could you read my question again? Thanks!
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I dont need help with UIS but with -Enum- generally.
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Wow! Now I understand! Thanks man!