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# Enums

⭐️ An **enum** is a single type. It contains **variants**, which are possible values of the enum at a given time. For example,

```rust
enum Day {
    Sunday,
    Monday,
    Tuesday,
    Wednesday,
    Thursday,
    Friday,
    Saturday
}

// Day is the enum
// Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday are the variants
```

⭐️ Variants can be accessed through :: notation , ex. Day::Sunday

⭐️ Each enum **variant** can have,

* no data (unit variant)
* unnamed ordered data (tuple variant)
* named data (struct variant)

```rust
enum FlashMessage {
  Success, //a unit variant
  Warning{ category: i32, message: String }, //a struct variant
  Error(String) //a tuple variant
}

fn main() {
  let mut form_status = FlashMessage::Success;
  print_flash_message(form_status);

  form_status = FlashMessage::Warning {category: 2, message: String::from("Field X is required")};
  print_flash_message(form_status);

  form_status = FlashMessage::Error(String::from("Connection Error"));
  print_flash_message(form_status);
}

fn print_flash_message(m : FlashMessage) {
  // pattern matching with enum
  match m {
    FlashMessage::Success =>
      println!("Form Submitted correctly"),
    FlashMessage::Warning {category, message} => //Destructure, should use same field names
      println!("Warning : {} - {}", category, message),
    FlashMessage::Error(msg) =>
      println!("Error : {}", msg)
  }
}
```


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