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title: "What are enums in Swift? – Donny Wals"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-are-enums-in-swift-donny-wals-arvcsmfby
source_url: https://www.donnywals.com/what-are-enums-in-swift/
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source: "Donny Wals"
published: 2024-05-08T11:17:50.020Z
updated: 2024-05-09T09:28:18.744Z
tags: ["mobile", "swift", "swiftui"]
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upvotes: 7
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# What are enums in Swift? – Donny Wals

**[Donny Wals](https://daily.dev/sources/donnywals)** · 5 min read · 7 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Enums in Swift are value types used for declaring type declarations and representing a finite set of predefined states. They can be useful for managing a limited set of predetermined values, managing state in applications, and grouping closely related constants. Enums can have associated values and raw values. It is important to keep enums small and consult Apple's usage of enums for guidance.

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