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description: "Learn more about: enum Type"
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# 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](../c-language/structures-unions-enumerations-and-bit-fields.md)