Can Swift enums have multiple raw values?

I want to associate two raw values to an enum instance (imagine an enum representing error types, I want

Error.Teapot

to have an Int type property

code

with value 418, and a String property set to

I'm a teapot

.)

Note the difference between raw values and associated values here—I want all
Teapot
instances to have a
code
of 418, I don't want a unique associated value for each
Teapot
instance.

Is there a better way than adding computed properties to the enum that

switch

ed on

self

to look up the appropriate value?

Antonio

Answer Source

No, an enum cannot have multiple raw values - it has to be a single value, implementing the Equatable protocol, and be literal-convertible as described in the documentation.

I think the best approach in your case is to use the error code as raw value, and a property backed by a prepopulated static dictionary with the error code as key and the text as value.

Can Swift enums have multiple raw values?

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