enum
â Support for enumerations¶
Added in version 3.4.
Source code: Lib/enum.py
An enumeration:
is a set of symbolic names (members) bound to unique values
can be iterated over to return its canonical (i.e. non-alias) members in definition order
uses call syntax to return members by value
uses index syntax to return members by name
Enumerations are created either by using class
syntax, or by using function-call syntax:
>>> from enum import Enum >>> # class syntax >>> class Color(Enum): ... RED = 1 ... GREEN = 2 ... BLUE = 3 >>> # functional syntax >>> Color = Enum('Color', [('RED', 1), ('GREEN', 2), ('BLUE', 3)])
Even though we can use class
syntax to create Enums, Enums are not normal Python classes. See How are Enums different? for more details.
Note
Nomenclature
The class Color
is an enumeration (or enum)
The attributes Color.RED
, Color.GREEN
, etc., are enumeration members (or members) and are functionally constants.
The enum members have names and values (the name of Color.RED
is RED
, the value of Color.BLUE
is 3
, etc.)
The
type
for Enum and its subclasses.Base class for creating enumerated constants.
Base class for creating enumerated constants that are also subclasses of
int
. (Notes)Base class for creating enumerated constants that are also subclasses of
str
. (Notes)Base class for creating enumerated constants that can be combined using the bitwise operations without losing their
Flag
membership.Base class for creating enumerated constants that can be combined using the bitwise operators without losing their
IntFlag
membership.IntFlag
members are also subclasses ofint
. (Notes)Used by
IntEnum
,StrEnum
, andIntFlag
to keep thestr()
of the mixed-in type.An enumeration with the values
CONTINUOUS
,NAMED_FLAGS
, andUNIQUE
, for use withverify()
to ensure various constraints are met by a given enumeration.An enumeration with the values
STRICT
,CONFORM
,EJECT
, andKEEP
which allows for more fine-grained control over how invalid values are dealt with in an enumeration.Instances are replaced with an appropriate value for Enum members.
StrEnum
defaults to the lower-cased version of the member name, while other Enums default to 1 and increase from there.Allows
Enum
members to have attributes without conflicting with member names. Thevalue
andname
attributes are implemented this way.Enum class decorator that ensures only one name is bound to any one value.
Enum class decorator that checks user-selectable constraints on an enumeration.
Make
obj
a member. Can be used as a decorator.Do not make
obj
a member. Can be used as a decorator.Modify the
str()
andrepr()
of an enum to show its members as belonging to the module instead of its class, and export the enum members to the global namespace.Return a list of all power-of-two integers contained in a flag.
Added in version 3.6: Flag
, IntFlag
, auto
Added in version 3.11: StrEnum
, EnumCheck
, ReprEnum
, FlagBoundary
, property
, member
, nonmember
, global_enum
, show_flag_values
Added in version 3.13: EnumDict
EnumType is the metaclass for enum enumerations. It is possible to subclass EnumType â see Subclassing EnumType for details.
EnumType
is responsible for setting the correct __repr__()
, __str__()
, __format__()
, and __reduce__()
methods on the final enum, as well as creating the enum members, properly handling duplicates, providing iteration over the enum class, etc.
This method is called in two different ways:
to look up an existing member:
- cls:
The enum class being called.
- value:
The value to lookup.
to use the cls
enum to create a new enum (only if the existing enum does not have any members):
- cls:
The enum class being called.
- value:
The name of the new Enum to create.
- names:
The names/values of the members for the new Enum.
- module:
The name of the module the new Enum is created in.
- qualname:
The actual location in the module where this Enum can be found.
- type:
A mix-in type for the new Enum.
- start:
The first integer value for the Enum (used by
auto
).- boundary:
How to handle out-of-range values from bit operations (
Flag
only).
Returns True
if member belongs to the cls
:
>>> some_var = Color.RED >>> some_var in Color True >>> Color.RED.value in Color True
Changed in version 3.12: Before Python 3.12, a TypeError
is raised if a non-Enum-member is used in a containment check.
Returns ['__class__', '__doc__', '__members__', '__module__']
and the names of the members in cls:
>>> dir(Color) ['BLUE', 'GREEN', 'RED', '__class__', '__contains__', '__doc__', '__getitem__', '__init_subclass__', '__iter__', '__len__', '__members__', '__module__', '__name__', '__qualname__']
Returns the Enum member in cls matching name, or raises a KeyError
:
>>> Color['BLUE'] <Color.BLUE: 3>
Returns each member in cls in definition order:
>>> list(Color) [<Color.RED: 1>, <Color.GREEN: 2>, <Color.BLUE: 3>]
Returns the number of member in cls:
Returns a mapping of every enum name to its member, including aliases
Returns each member in cls in reverse definition order:
>>> list(reversed(Color)) [<Color.BLUE: 3>, <Color.GREEN: 2>, <Color.RED: 1>]
Adds a new name as an alias to an existing member. Raises a NameError
if the name is already assigned to a different member.
Adds a new value as an alias to an existing member. Raises a ValueError
if the value is already linked with a different member.
Added in version 3.11: Before 3.11 EnumType
was called EnumMeta
, which is still available as an alias.
Enum is the base class for all enum enumerations.
The name used to define the Enum
member:
>>> Color.BLUE.name 'BLUE'
The value given to the Enum
member:
Value of the member, can be set in __new__()
.
Note
Enum member values
Member values can be anything: int
, str
, etc. If the exact value is unimportant you may use auto
instances and an appropriate value will be chosen for you. See auto
for the details.
While mutable/unhashable values, such as dict
, list
or a mutable dataclass
, can be used, they will have a quadratic performance impact during creation relative to the total number of mutable/unhashable values in the enum.
Name of the member.
Value of the member, can be set in __new__()
.
No longer used, kept for backward compatibility. (class attribute, removed during class creation).
_ignore_
is only used during creation and is removed from the enumeration once creation is complete.
_ignore_
is a list of names that will not become members, and whose names will also be removed from the completed enumeration. See TimePeriod for an example.
Returns ['__class__', '__doc__', '__module__', 'name', 'value']
and any public methods defined on self.__class__:
>>> from datetime import date >>> class Weekday(Enum): ... MONDAY = 1 ... TUESDAY = 2 ... WEDNESDAY = 3 ... THURSDAY = 4 ... FRIDAY = 5 ... SATURDAY = 6 ... SUNDAY = 7 ... @classmethod ... def today(cls): ... print('today is %s' % cls(date.today().isoweekday()).name) ... >>> dir(Weekday.SATURDAY) ['__class__', '__doc__', '__eq__', '__hash__', '__module__', 'name', 'today', 'value']
- name:
The name of the member being defined (e.g. âREDâ).
- start:
The start value for the Enum; the default is 1.
- count:
The number of members currently defined, not including this one.
- last_values:
A list of the previous values.
A staticmethod that is used to determine the next value returned by auto
:
>>> from enum import auto >>> class PowersOfThree(Enum): ... @staticmethod ... def _generate_next_value_(name, start, count, last_values): ... return 3 ** (count + 1) ... FIRST = auto() ... SECOND = auto() ... >>> PowersOfThree.SECOND.value 9
By default, does nothing. If multiple values are given in the member assignment, those values become separate arguments to __init__
; e.g.
>>> from enum import Enum >>> class Weekday(Enum): ... MONDAY = 1, 'Mon'
Weekday.__init__()
would be called as Weekday.__init__(self, 1, 'Mon')
A classmethod that is used to further configure subsequent subclasses. By default, does nothing.
A classmethod for looking up values not found in cls. By default it does nothing, but can be overridden to implement custom search behavior:
>>> from enum import StrEnum >>> class Build(StrEnum): ... DEBUG = auto() ... OPTIMIZED = auto() ... @classmethod ... def _missing_(cls, value): ... value = value.lower() ... for member in cls: ... if member.value == value: ... return member ... return None ... >>> Build.DEBUG.value 'debug' >>> Build('deBUG') <Build.DEBUG: 'debug'>
By default, doesnât exist. If specified, either in the enum class definition or in a mixin class (such as int
), all values given in the member assignment will be passed; e.g.
>>> from enum import Enum >>> class MyIntEnum(int, Enum): ... TWENTYSIX = '1a', 16
results in the call int('1a', 16)
and a value of 26
for the member.
Note
When writing a custom __new__
, do not use super().__new__
â call the appropriate __new__
instead.
Returns the string used for repr() calls. By default, returns the Enum name, member name, and value, but can be overridden:
>>> class OtherStyle(Enum): ... ALTERNATE = auto() ... OTHER = auto() ... SOMETHING_ELSE = auto() ... def __repr__(self): ... cls_name = self.__class__.__name__ ... return f'{cls_name}.{self.name}' ... >>> OtherStyle.ALTERNATE, str(OtherStyle.ALTERNATE), f"{OtherStyle.ALTERNATE}" (OtherStyle.ALTERNATE, 'OtherStyle.ALTERNATE', 'OtherStyle.ALTERNATE')
Returns the string used for str() calls. By default, returns the Enum name and member name, but can be overridden:
>>> class OtherStyle(Enum): ... ALTERNATE = auto() ... OTHER = auto() ... SOMETHING_ELSE = auto() ... def __str__(self): ... return f'{self.name}' ... >>> OtherStyle.ALTERNATE, str(OtherStyle.ALTERNATE), f"{OtherStyle.ALTERNATE}" (<OtherStyle.ALTERNATE: 1>, 'ALTERNATE', 'ALTERNATE')
Returns the string used for format() and f-string calls. By default, returns __str__()
return value, but can be overridden:
>>> class OtherStyle(Enum): ... ALTERNATE = auto() ... OTHER = auto() ... SOMETHING_ELSE = auto() ... def __format__(self, spec): ... return f'{self.name}' ... >>> OtherStyle.ALTERNATE, str(OtherStyle.ALTERNATE), f"{OtherStyle.ALTERNATE}" (<OtherStyle.ALTERNATE: 1>, 'OtherStyle.ALTERNATE', 'ALTERNATE')
Note
Using auto
with Enum
results in integers of increasing value, starting with 1
.
Changed in version 3.12: Added Dataclass support
IntEnum is the same as Enum
, but its members are also integers and can be used anywhere that an integer can be used. If any integer operation is performed with an IntEnum member, the resulting value loses its enumeration status.
>>> from enum import IntEnum >>> class Number(IntEnum): ... ONE = 1 ... TWO = 2 ... THREE = 3 ... >>> Number.THREE <Number.THREE: 3> >>> Number.ONE + Number.TWO 3 >>> Number.THREE + 5 8 >>> Number.THREE == 3 True
Note
Using auto
with IntEnum
results in integers of increasing value, starting with 1
.
Changed in version 3.11: __str__()
is now int.__str__()
to better support the replacement of existing constants use-case. __format__()
was already int.__format__()
for that same reason.
StrEnum
is the same as Enum
, but its members are also strings and can be used in most of the same places that a string can be used. The result of any string operation performed on or with a StrEnum member is not part of the enumeration.
Note
There are places in the stdlib that check for an exact str
instead of a str
subclass (i.e. type(unknown) == str
instead of isinstance(unknown, str)
), and in those locations you will need to use str(StrEnum.member)
.
Note
Using auto
with StrEnum
results in the lower-cased member name as the value.
Note
__str__()
is str.__str__()
to better support the replacement of existing constants use-case. __format__()
is likewise str.__format__()
for that same reason.
Added in version 3.11.
Flag
is the same as Enum
, but its members support the bitwise operators &
(AND), |
(OR), ^
(XOR), and ~
(INVERT); the results of those operations are (aliases of) members of the enumeration.
Returns True if value is in self:
>>> from enum import Flag, auto >>> class Color(Flag): ... RED = auto() ... GREEN = auto() ... BLUE = auto() ... >>> purple = Color.RED | Color.BLUE >>> white = Color.RED | Color.GREEN | Color.BLUE >>> Color.GREEN in purple False >>> Color.GREEN in white True >>> purple in white True >>> white in purple False
Returns all contained non-alias members:
>>> list(Color.RED) [<Color.RED: 1>] >>> list(purple) [<Color.RED: 1>, <Color.BLUE: 4>]
Added in version 3.11.
Returns number of members in flag:
>>> len(Color.GREEN) 1 >>> len(white) 3
Added in version 3.11.
Returns True if any members in flag, False otherwise:
>>> bool(Color.GREEN) True >>> bool(white) True >>> black = Color(0) >>> bool(black) False
Returns current flag binary orâed with other:
>>> Color.RED | Color.GREEN <Color.RED|GREEN: 3>
Returns current flag binary andâed with other:
>>> purple & white <Color.RED|BLUE: 5> >>> purple & Color.GREEN <Color: 0>
Returns current flag binary xorâed with other:
>>> purple ^ white <Color.GREEN: 2> >>> purple ^ Color.GREEN <Color.RED|GREEN|BLUE: 7>
Returns all the flags in type(self) that are not in self:
>>> ~white <Color: 0> >>> ~purple <Color.GREEN: 2> >>> ~Color.RED <Color.GREEN|BLUE: 6>
Function used to format any remaining unnamed numeric values. Default is the valueâs repr; common choices are hex()
and oct()
.
Note
Using auto
with Flag
results in integers that are powers of two, starting with 1
.
Changed in version 3.11: The repr() of zero-valued flags has changed. It is now::
IntFlag
is the same as Flag
, but its members are also integers and can be used anywhere that an integer can be used.
>>> from enum import IntFlag, auto >>> class Color(IntFlag): ... RED = auto() ... GREEN = auto() ... BLUE = auto() ... >>> Color.RED & 2 <Color: 0> >>> Color.RED | 2 <Color.RED|GREEN: 3>
If any integer operation is performed with an IntFlag member, the result is not an IntFlag:
If a Flag
operation is performed with an IntFlag member and:
the result is a valid IntFlag: an IntFlag is returned
the result is not a valid IntFlag: the result depends on the FlagBoundary
setting
The repr()
of unnamed zero-valued flags has changed. It is now:
Note
Using auto
with IntFlag
results in integers that are powers of two, starting with 1
.
Changed in version 3.11: __str__()
is now int.__str__()
to better support the replacement of existing constants use-case. __format__()
was already int.__format__()
for that same reason.
Inversion of an IntFlag
now returns a positive value that is the union of all flags not in the given flag, rather than a negative value. This matches the existing Flag
behavior.
ReprEnum
uses the repr()
of Enum
, but the str()
of the mixed-in data type:
Inherit from ReprEnum
to keep the str()
/ format()
of the mixed-in data type instead of using the Enum
-default str()
.
Added in version 3.11.
EnumCheck contains the options used by the verify()
decorator to ensure various constraints; failed constraints result in a ValueError
.
Ensure that each value has only one name:
>>> from enum import Enum, verify, UNIQUE >>> @verify(UNIQUE) ... class Color(Enum): ... RED = 1 ... GREEN = 2 ... BLUE = 3 ... CRIMSON = 1 Traceback (most recent call last): ... ValueError: aliases found in <enum 'Color'>: CRIMSON -> RED
Ensure that there are no missing values between the lowest-valued member and the highest-valued member:
>>> from enum import Enum, verify, CONTINUOUS >>> @verify(CONTINUOUS) ... class Color(Enum): ... RED = 1 ... GREEN = 2 ... BLUE = 5 Traceback (most recent call last): ... ValueError: invalid enum 'Color': missing values 3, 4
Ensure that any flag groups/masks contain only named flags â useful when values are specified instead of being generated by auto()
:
>>> from enum import Flag, verify, NAMED_FLAGS >>> @verify(NAMED_FLAGS) ... class Color(Flag): ... RED = 1 ... GREEN = 2 ... BLUE = 4 ... WHITE = 15 ... NEON = 31 Traceback (most recent call last): ... ValueError: invalid Flag 'Color': aliases WHITE and NEON are missing combined values of 0x18 [use enum.show_flag_values(value) for details]
Note
CONTINUOUS and NAMED_FLAGS are designed to work with integer-valued members.
Added in version 3.11.
FlagBoundary
controls how out-of-range values are handled in Flag
and its subclasses.
Out-of-range values cause a ValueError
to be raised. This is the default for Flag
:
>>> from enum import Flag, STRICT, auto >>> class StrictFlag(Flag, boundary=STRICT): ... RED = auto() ... GREEN = auto() ... BLUE = auto() ... >>> StrictFlag(2**2 + 2**4) Traceback (most recent call last): ... ValueError: <flag 'StrictFlag'> invalid value 20 given 0b0 10100 allowed 0b0 00111
Out-of-range values have invalid values removed, leaving a valid Flag
value:
>>> from enum import Flag, CONFORM, auto >>> class ConformFlag(Flag, boundary=CONFORM): ... RED = auto() ... GREEN = auto() ... BLUE = auto() ... >>> ConformFlag(2**2 + 2**4) <ConformFlag.BLUE: 4>
Out-of-range values lose their Flag
membership and revert to int
.
>>> from enum import Flag, EJECT, auto >>> class EjectFlag(Flag, boundary=EJECT): ... RED = auto() ... GREEN = auto() ... BLUE = auto() ... >>> EjectFlag(2**2 + 2**4) 20
Out-of-range values are kept, and the Flag
membership is kept. This is the default for IntFlag
:
>>> from enum import Flag, KEEP, auto >>> class KeepFlag(Flag, boundary=KEEP): ... RED = auto() ... GREEN = auto() ... BLUE = auto() ... >>> KeepFlag(2**2 + 2**4) <KeepFlag.BLUE|16: 20>
Added in version 3.11.
EnumDict is a subclass of dict
that is used as the namespace for defining enum classes (see Preparing the class namespace). It is exposed to allow subclasses of EnumType
with advanced behavior like having multiple values per member. It should be called with the name of the enum class being created, otherwise private names and internal classes will not be handled correctly.
Note that only the MutableMapping
interface (__setitem__()
and update()
) is overridden. It may be possible to bypass the checks using other dict
operations like |=
.
A list of member names.
Added in version 3.13.
__dunder__
names¶
__members__
is a read-only ordered mapping of member_name
:member
items. It is only available on the class.
__new__()
, if specified, must create and return the enum members; it is also a very good idea to set the memberâs _value_
appropriately. Once all the members are created it is no longer used.
_sunder_
names¶
_add_alias_()
â adds a new name as an alias to an existing member.
_add_value_alias_()
â adds a new value as an alias to an existing member.
_name_
â name of the member
_value_
â value of the member; can be set in __new__
_missing_()
â a lookup function used when a value is not found; may be overridden
_ignore_
â a list of names, either as a list
or a str
, that will not be transformed into members, and will be removed from the final class
_order_
â no longer used, kept for backward compatibility (class attribute, removed during class creation)
_generate_next_value_()
â used to get an appropriate value for an enum member; may be overridden
Note
For standard Enum
classes the next value chosen is the highest value seen incremented by one.
For Flag
classes the next value chosen will be the next highest power-of-two.
While _sunder_
names are generally reserved for the further development of the Enum
class and can not be used, some are explicitly allowed:
_repr_*
(e.g. _repr_html_
), as used in IPythonâs rich display
Added in version 3.6: _missing_
, _order_
, _generate_next_value_
Added in version 3.7: _ignore_
Added in version 3.13: _add_alias_
, _add_value_alias_
, _repr_*
auto can be used in place of a value. If used, the Enum machinery will call an Enum
âs _generate_next_value_()
to get an appropriate value. For Enum
and IntEnum
that appropriate value will be the last value plus one; for Flag
and IntFlag
it will be the first power-of-two greater than the highest value; for StrEnum
it will be the lower-cased version of the memberâs name. Care must be taken if mixing auto() with manually specified values.
auto instances are only resolved when at the top level of an assignment:
FIRST = auto()
will work (auto() is replaced with 1
);
SECOND = auto(), -2
will work (auto is replaced with 2
, so 2, -2
is used to create the SECOND
enum member;
THREE = [auto(), -3]
will not work (<auto instance>, -3
is used to create the THREE
enum member)
Changed in version 3.11.1: In prior versions, auto()
had to be the only thing on the assignment line to work properly.
_generate_next_value_
can be overridden to customize the values used by auto.
Note
in 3.13 the default _generate_next_value_
will always return the highest member value incremented by 1, and will fail if any member is an incompatible type.
A decorator similar to the built-in property, but specifically for enumerations. It allows member attributes to have the same names as members themselves.
Note
the property and the member must be defined in separate classes; for example, the value and name attributes are defined in the Enum class, and Enum subclasses can define members with the names value
and name
.
Added in version 3.11.
A class
decorator specifically for enumerations. It searches an enumerationâs __members__
, gathering any aliases it finds; if any are found ValueError
is raised with the details:
>>> from enum import Enum, unique >>> @unique ... class Mistake(Enum): ... ONE = 1 ... TWO = 2 ... THREE = 3 ... FOUR = 3 ... Traceback (most recent call last): ... ValueError: duplicate values found in <enum 'Mistake'>: FOUR -> THREE
A class
decorator specifically for enumerations. Members from EnumCheck
are used to specify which constraints should be checked on the decorated enumeration.
Added in version 3.11.
A decorator for use in enums: its target will become a member.
Added in version 3.11.
A decorator for use in enums: its target will not become a member.
Added in version 3.11.
A decorator to change the str()
and repr()
of an enum to show its members as belonging to the module instead of its class. Should only be used when the enum members are exported to the module global namespace (see re.RegexFlag
for an example).
Added in version 3.11.
Return a list of all power-of-two integers contained in a flag value.
Added in version 3.11.
These three enum types are designed to be drop-in replacements for existing integer- and string-based values; as such, they have extra limitations:
__str__
uses the value and not the name of the enum member
__format__
, because it uses__str__
, will also use the value of the enum member instead of its nameIf you do not need/want those limitations, you can either create your own base class by mixing in the
int
orstr
type yourself:>>> from enum import Enum >>> class MyIntEnum(int, Enum): ... passor you can reassign the appropriate
str()
, etc., in your enum:>>> from enum import Enum, IntEnum >>> class MyIntEnum(IntEnum): ... __str__ = Enum.__str__
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