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From: akcs.bagger@vpnet.chi.il.us (Brother Bagger)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Getting the number of elements in an enumerated type.
Message-ID: <27290adc-5e5.1comp.lang.c-1@vpnet.chi.il.us>
Date: 27 Oct 90 05:55:04 GMT
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	Actually its fairly simple.
	typedef enum {val1=0,val2,val3,val4,val5,VALUE_COUNT} values;

VALUE_COUNT will equal 5 and as long as you don't change the sequental ordering or move VALUE_COUNT from the end of the list.

	Brian