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The specific syntax is as follows:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-meta\">#<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">include<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">&lt;stdio.h&gt;<\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\">\/\/ \u5b9a\u4e49\u4e00\u4e2a\u679a\u4e3e\u7c7b\u578b<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"hljs-class\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">enum<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title\">Weekday<\/span> {<\/span>\r\n    Monday,\r\n    Tuesday,\r\n    Wednesday,\r\n    Thursday,\r\n    Friday,\r\n    Saturday,\r\n    Sunday\r\n};\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\">\/\/ \u51fd\u6570\u63a5\u53d7\u4e00\u4e2a\u679a\u4e3e\u7c7b\u578b\u4f5c\u4e3a\u53c2\u6570<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"hljs-type\">void<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title function_\">printWeekday<\/span><span class=\"hljs-params\">(<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">enum<\/span> Weekday day)<\/span> {\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">switch<\/span> (day) {\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">case<\/span> Monday:\r\n            <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">printf<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"\u661f\u671f\u4e00\\n\"<\/span>);\r\n            <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">break<\/span>;\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">case<\/span> Tuesday:\r\n            <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">printf<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"\u661f\u671f\u4e8c\\n\"<\/span>);\r\n            <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">break<\/span>;\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">case<\/span> Wednesday:\r\n            <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">printf<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"\u661f\u671f\u4e09\\n\"<\/span>);\r\n            <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">break<\/span>;\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">case<\/span> Thursday:\r\n            <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">printf<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"\u661f\u671f\u56db\\n\"<\/span>);\r\n            <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">break<\/span>;\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">case<\/span> Friday:\r\n            <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">printf<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"\u661f\u671f\u4e94\\n\"<\/span>);\r\n            <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">break<\/span>;\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">case<\/span> Saturday:\r\n            <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">printf<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"\u661f\u671f\u516d\\n\"<\/span>);\r\n            <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">break<\/span>;\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">case<\/span> Sunday:\r\n            <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">printf<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"\u661f\u671f\u65e5\\n\"<\/span>);\r\n            <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">break<\/span>;\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">default<\/span>:\r\n            <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">printf<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"\u65e0\u6548\u7684\u65e5\u671f\\n\"<\/span>);\r\n            <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">break<\/span>;\r\n    }\r\n}\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-type\">int<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title function_\">main<\/span><span class=\"hljs-params\">()<\/span> {\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-class\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">enum<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title\">Weekday<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title\">today<\/span> =<\/span> Tuesday;\r\n    printWeekday(today);\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">return<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span>;\r\n}\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the example above, we defined an enum type Weekday to represent the work days of a week. Then, we defined a function called printWeekday that takes a parameter day of type Weekday and prints out the corresponding day of the week based on the value of day. In the main function, we created a variable today of type Weekday and assigned it the value Tuesday, then passed today as a parameter to the printWeekday function.<\/p>\n<p>The outcome will be:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>\u661f\u671f\u4e8c\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In C language, enums can be used as parameters in functions. 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