Thread: Enums in Class: Is it possible to use enums defined in a class outside that class?

Hi there! I'm wondering about enums. I had defined enums in a class like this:

Code:

    class Enums 
    {
         public: 
            enum COLOURS {BLACK, GRAY, RED, ORANGE, YELLOW,                    GREEN, BLUE, PURPLE, BROWN, PINK, WHITE};
    }

But I don't want to use the enums inside of that class. I want to use it in the main file like this:

Code:

#include <iostream>


using namespace std;

void SetColor(const int COLOR)
{
    cout << COLOR << endl;
}


int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
    void SetColor(BLACK);
    return 0;
}

Without getting a syntax error. Is it any possible way to do this? Thanks for help!

Enums::BLACK is probably what you want. (Note it will not print in English but as the equivalent number.)

Yeah, I know because BLACK is actually 0 and I'm using SDL. And a switch statment to set the colour of the window to black. It would be more confusing to write 0 instead of BLACK.