enum.auto() in Python

With the help of

enum.auto()

method, we can get the assigned integer value automatically by just using

enum.auto()

method.

Syntax : enum.auto()Automatically assign the integer value to the values of enum class attributes.

Example #1 :

In this example we can see that by using enum.auto() method, we are able to assign the numerical values automatically to the class attributes by using this method.

Python

# import enum and auto
from enum import Enum, auto

# Using enum.auto() method
class language(Enum):
    Java = auto()
    Python = auto()
    HTML = auto()

print(list(language))

Output

[<language.Java: 1>, <language.Python: 2>, <language.HTML: 3>]

Example #2 :

Python

# import enum and auto
from enum import Enum, auto

# Using enum.auto() method
class language(Enum):
    Cpp = auto()
    JavaScript = auto()
    Java = auto()
    Python = auto()
    HTML = auto()

print(list(language))

Output

[<language.Cpp: 1>, <language.JavaScript: 2>, <language.Java: 3>, <language.Python: 4>, <language.HTML: 5>]

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