description Learn more about: enum Type title enum Type ms.date 11/04/2016 ms.assetid 899410b4-0db2-4eab-b94e-236b9774de31 enum Type ANSI 3.5.2.2 The integer type chosen to represent the values of an enumeration type A variable declared as enum is an int. See also Structures, Unions, Enumerations, and Bit Fields