當我們需要定義常量時,一個辦法是用大寫變量通過整數來定義,例如月份:
JAN = 1
FEB = 2
MAR = 3
...
NOV = 11
DEC = 12
好處是簡單,缺點是類型是int
,並且仍然是變量。
更好的方法是爲這樣的枚舉類型定義一個class類型,然後,每個常量都是class的一個唯一實例。Python提供了Enum
類來實現這個功能:
from enum import Enum
Month = Enum('Month', ('Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun', 'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec'))
for name, member in Month.__members__.items():
print(name, '=>', member, ',', member.value)
value
屬性則是自動賦給成員的int
常量,默認從1
開始計數。
如果需要更精確地控制枚舉類型,可以從Enum
派生出自定義類:
from enum import Enum, unique
@unique
class Weekday(Enum):
Sun = 0 # Sun的value被設定爲0
Mon = 1
Tue = 2
Wed = 3
Thu = 4
Fri = 5
Sat = 6
#調用枚舉成員的 3 種方式
>>>print(print(Weekday.Tue))
Weekday.Tue
>>>print(Weekday['Tue'])
Weekday.Tue
>>>print(Weekday(1))
Weekday.Mon
#調取枚舉成員中的 value 和 name
>>>print(Weekday.Mon.value)
1
>>>print(Weekday.Mon.name)
Mon
#遍歷枚舉類中所有成員的2種方式
>>> for name, member in Weekday.__members__.items():
... print(name, '=>', member)
...
Sun => Weekday.Sun
Mon => Weekday.Mon
Tue => Weekday.Tue
Wed => Weekday.Wed
Thu => Weekday.Thu
Fri => Weekday.Fri
Sat => Weekday.Sat
>>>for weekday in Weekday:
... print(weekday)
Weekday.Sun
Weekday.Mon
Weekday.Tue
Weekday.Wed
Weekday.Thu
Weekday.Fri
Weekday.Sat
@unique
裝飾器可以幫助我們檢查保證沒有重複值。
枚舉類成員之間不能比較打下,但可以用 == 或者 is 進行比較是否相等