c++ enum and using them to input from user

Question

I have an enum in my code that is the following: enum Status {In-Active, Active};. A status object is passed to a Person object as a parameter, so I wa

Answer 1

You can't read enum values directly, you'll need a std::map that maps user input to an enum value.

std::map m;
m["In-Active"] = In-Active;
m["Active"] = Active;

std::string sstatus;
cin >> sstatus;
Status status = m[sstatus];