

Because of this, you can use enums to make a codebase more readable, as you can have multiple constant values grouped in the same data structure, while also making the code more type-safe than just having different const variables laying around.

TypeScript translates enums into JavaScript objects in the final code emitted by the compiler. Whereas most features of TypeScript are useful for throwing errors during compilation, enums are also useful as data structures that can hold constants for your code. Because of this, an enum would be an efficient and clear way to describe the possible suits of a card. Every card that is drawn will either be a club, a diamond, a heart, or a spade there are no possible suit values beyond these four, and these possible values are not likely to change.

One common example is the suit value of a single card in a deck of playing cards. Enums are useful when setting properties or values that can only be a certain number of possible values. Each of these constant values is known as a member of the enum. In TypeScript, enums, or enumerated types, are data structures of constant length that hold a set of constant values. The author selected the COVID-19 Relief Fund to receive a donation as part of the Write for DOnations program.
