correct output for enum intilization

Question

i declare enum

enum Month
    {
        January , February , March , April , May , June , July , 
        Augest , September , Octobre , November , December 
    }

then in the main prog

static void DoWork()
    {
        // to do
        Month first = Month.January;
        Console.WriteLine("First Month of the Year : {0}", first);
        first++;
        Console.WriteLine((int)first);

    }

the output on the seond line should 2

but what i get actually is 1

what is the problem is that ( pass by value issue or somthing else )

Answer 1

By default, the first item in an enum is '0', with each item incrementing by 1. You can assign values manually, however, and that should fix the issue for you.

Note that, in your case, just setting the first item to 1 should do the trick, but you can specify a value for any and all of them:

enum Month
{
    January = 1, February , March , April , May , June , July , 
    Augest , September , Octobre , November , December 
}