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LVlad
LVlad

Reputation: 23

Is there any way to get random from enum class in c++?

I want to fill a variable with random element from enum class.

So I tried set enum class type to int and pass last enum from enum class to rand:

enum class Enumerator: int
{
    en1=0,
    en2,
    en3,
    ensCount
};

int main()
{
    srand(time(NULL));
    auto a=static_cast<Enumerator>(rand()%Enumerator::ensCount);
    return 0;
}

Result is "no match for «operator%» (operand types are «int» and «Enumerator»)" error.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1265

Answers (1)

P.W
P.W

Reputation: 26800

The operands of the built-in modulo (%) operator should be integral or unscoped enumeration type.

Enumerator is a scoped enumeration.

There are no implicit conversions from the values of a scoped enumerator to integral types.
So you have to use static_cast to obtain the numeric value of the enumerator.

int divisor = static_cast<int>(Enumerator::ensCount);
srand(time(NULL));
auto a = static_cast<Enumerator>(rand() % divisor);

Upvotes: 2

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