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Stdle #100 · enums · 2026-09-14

What does this Zig snippet output?

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const std = @import("std");
const Color = enum(u8) { red = 1, green = 2, blue = 4 };
pub fn main() void {
const values = [_]u8{ @intFromEnum(Color.red), @intFromEnum(Color.green), @intFromEnum(Color.blue) };
var sum: u8 = 0;
for (values) |v| sum += v;
std.debug.print("{d}\n", .{sum});
}
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