About Enumerated Data Types :: Enumerated Data Type Considerations (Real-Time Workshop®)

Enumerated data is data that is restricted to a finite set of values. An enumerated data type is a MATLAB class that defines a set of enumerated values. Each enumerated value consists of an enumerated name and an underlying integer which the software uses internally and in generated code. The following is a MATLAB class definition for an enumerated data type named BasicColors, which is used in all examples in this section.

classdef(Enumeration) BasicColors < Simulink.IntEnumType
  enumeration
    Red(0)
    Yellow(1)
    Blue(2)
  end
end

For information about enumerated data types and their use in Simulink models, see Using Enumerated Data in the Simulink documentation. For information about enumerated data types in Stateflow charts, see Using Enumerated Data in Stateflow Charts.

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