Help on an enum statement

[Blanket]

hi!
when you declare a enumerated data type such as

enum speeds {slow, med, fast};

slow takes onthe value 0, then 1, 2. But when you write the statement like this:

enum speeds {slow=1, med, fast}

the order now starts - 1, 2, 3.

so my question is this; if you have a enum type liek this:

enum speeds {slow=78, med = 45, fast = 33}:

then internally does the compiler think it's 78, 79, 80, or because all are initilized does it put them as 0, 1, 2 still? Thanks

[Stoned_Coder]

nope they have the values you assigned them. 78,45,33.

btw they r wrong way round. record speeds were slowest to fastest 16/33/45/78.
dont think 16rpm speed records were made after about 1950.