Enumerated type

Enumerated Type (Enum)

Located under the Ring & Enum palette, a LabView enumerated type is used to associate a sequential numerical value to a programmer defined string constant.

Potential Uses

Enum's can be used with a case selector to provide the programmer an easy way to select a case based on a constant name instead of a number or a string.
Typedef'd Enum's are often used in State Machines to provide the programmer an easy way to select new cases without having to worry about spelling mistakes.

Shortcomings

LabView enumerated types do not allow for non-sequential values, or what might be known as sparse enum's.