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Enum::GetUnderlyingType Method
Visual Studio 2010
Returns the underlying type of the specified enumeration.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Parameters
- enumType
- Type: System::Type
The enumeration whose underlying type will be retrieved.
| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| ArgumentNullException | enumType is nullptr. |
| ArgumentException | enumType is not an Enum. |
The Enum structure enables values to be represented as named constants. The data type of the enumeration's values is known as its underlying type. For example, the underlying type of the DayOfWeek enumeration, which consists of constants that represent each day of the week (DayOfWeek::Monday, DayOfWeek::Tuesday, and so on), is Int32.
Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2
The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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