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Why cant I use a number in a enumeration value name

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Why can't I use a number in a enumeration value name. I don't see any reason for it, so why can't I?

asked 2009-12-11

Roeland Strootman

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I don't know why you can't use a number in a enumeration value name. However you can use numbers in the caption which is visible to the user. For example:

Name: e0 --> Caption: 0%

Name: e50 --> Caption: 50%

Name: e100 --> Caption: 100%

answered 2009-12-11

Fedor Klinkenberg

Johan den Haan · Accepted Answer · 2009-12-11

Because a value is an identifier only used under-the-hood. An identifier should comply to the Java convention of identifiers. Among them: do not start with a number.

Why do you need it? You can define captions for your enumerations. These are the only texts which are visible for your end-users.