C# Enum - Difficulty defining by enumerator

Question

I'm trying to learn C# from this tutorial: http://rbwhitaker.wikidot.com/c-sharp-enumerations

It suggests defining "today" as you see below, but when I do I get this error: 'EnumerationTutorial.DaysOfWeek' does not contain a definition for 'today'

I have tried many different things, but I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.

Thanks for your help.

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading;
using System.IO;
using System.Net;

namespace EnumerationTutorial
{
    public enum DaysOfWeek { Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday };

    public class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            DaysOfWeek today = DaysOfWeek.Sunday;
            Console.WriteLine(DaysOfWeek.today);
            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }
}

today is an instance of Sunday member of your DaysOfWeek enum. Your DaysOfWeek doesn't have any member called today. Feels like you just want to Console.WriteLine(today) instead. — Soner Gönül
– Soner Gönül, Commented Nov 9, 2014 at 11:42

Eric · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-09 11:41:35Z

3

This declares a variable of type DaysOfWeek named today

        DaysOfWeek today = DaysOfWeek.Sunday;

This accesses the today member of DaysOfWeek, which does not exist

        Console.WriteLine(DaysOfWeek.today);

Try this instead

        Console.WriteLine(today);

answered Nov 9, 2014 at 11:41

Eric

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dday8080 Over a year ago

Thanks for the help Eric, that worked and helped clear it up.

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