Thanks guys
It seems perverse that you can get the ordinal value of a set
Regards Neven
N.K. MacEwan B.E. E&E
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From: Aaron Scott-Boddendijk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Multiple recipients of list delphi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, 8 March 2000 17:13
Subject: Re: [DUG]: Quantity of a Set
> > procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
> > Type
> > MySet = (chris, john, bob, mary, fred, pam);
> > MyXSet = set of MySet;
> > Var
> > y : MyXSet;
> > j : Integer;
> > Size : Integer;
> > begin
> > y := [chris, pam, mary];
> > Size := 0;
> > for j := ord(Low(MySet)) to ord(high(MySet)) do // Iterate
> > if (MySet(j) in y) then
> > Inc(Size);
> > ShowMessage('size = '+Inttostr(Size));
> > end;
> >
> > There is probally a better way..
>
> Only getting rid of some unnecessary casts and references to Type names.
>
> procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
> type
> TMyEnum = (meOne,meTwo,meThree);
> TMyEnums = set of TMyEnum;
> var
> Y :TMyEnums;
> Size :Integer;
> J :TMyEnum;
> begin
> Size := 0;
> for J := Low(J) to High(J) do if J in Y then inc(Size);
> ShowMessage('Size = '+IntToStr(Size));
> end;
>
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