Designated initializers

Designated initializers

#include "stdio.h"

int main()
{
    typedef enum {
        white = 1,
        red   = 2,
        green = 4,
        blue  = 8,
        black = 16
    } Colour;   // be sure to update array below!

    char *enum_colours[] = { [white] = "white", [red] = "red", [green] = "green",
        [blue] = "blue", [black] = "black" };

    Colour c = blue;
    printf("The label for %d is %s\n", c, enum_colours[c]);
    return 0;
}