Combining Enum Value using Bitmask

Question

I understand it\'s possible to use bitmasks in enum values, but I don\'t know how to create it.

I have a simple enum :

enum State
{
    minimizing = 0,
          


        

Answer 1

Use a different bit for every value in your enumeration, such as:

enum State 
{
  minimizing = 0x01, // 00000001
  maximizing = 0x02, // 00000010
  minimized  = 0x04, // 00000100
  maximized  = 0x08  // 00001000
}:

Then, you can combine multiple values with bitwise or (minimizing | maximized) and test for values with bitwise and (bool is_minimized = (flags & minimized);).