When to use enums?

Question

I\'m currently reading about enums in C. I understand how they work, but can\'t figure out situations where they could be useful. Can you give me some simple examples where the

Answer 1

They're often used to group related values together:

enum errorcode {
    EC_OK = 0,
    EC_NOMEMORY,
    EC_DISKSPACE,
    EC_CONNECTIONBROKE,
    EC_KEYBOARD,
    EC_PBCK
};