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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)