假设枚举是按顺序编号是容易出错的。此外，您可能只希望迭代选定的枚举数。如果这个子集很小，显式遍历它可能是一个优雅的选择:

enum Item { Man, Wolf, Goat, Cabbage }; // or enum class

for (auto item : {Wolf, Goat, Cabbage}) { // or Item::Wolf, ...
    // ...
}

c++没有自省，所以你不能在运行时确定这类事情。

如果你不喜欢用最终的COUNT项污染你的枚举(因为如果你也在开关中使用枚举，那么编译器会警告你缺少大小写COUNT:)，你可以这样做:

enum Colour {Red, Green, Blue};
const Colour LastColour = Blue;

Colour co(0);
while (true) {
  // do stuff with co
  // ...
  if (co == LastColour) break;
  co = Colour(co+1);
}

这些解决方案太复杂了，我喜欢这样:

enum NodePosition { Primary = 0, Secondary = 1, Tertiary = 2, Quaternary = 3};

const NodePosition NodePositionVector[] = { Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, Quaternary };

for (NodePosition pos : NodePositionVector) {
...
}

这里有一些非常易读且易于理解的方法，适用于弱类型的C和c++常规枚举，以及强类型的c++枚举类。

我建议使用-Wall -Wextra -Werror编译下面所有的例子。这为您提供了额外的安全性，如果您忘记在开关情况下覆盖任何枚举值，编译器将抛出编译时错误!这迫使您保持枚举定义和开关用例同步，这是代码的额外安全措施。只要你:

覆盖开关案例中的所有枚举值，和 没有默认开关大小写。 使用-Wall -Wextra -Werror旗帜构建。

我建议您遵循所有这3点，因为这是一个很好的实践，可以创建更好的代码。

1. 对于标准的弱类型C或c++ enum:

C定义(这也适用于c++):

typedef enum my_error_type_e 
{
    MY_ERROR_TYPE_SOMETHING_1 = 0,
    MY_ERROR_TYPE_SOMETHING_2,
    MY_ERROR_TYPE_SOMETHING_3,
    MY_ERROR_TYPE_SOMETHING_4,
    MY_ERROR_TYPE_SOMETHING_5,
    /// Not a valid value; this is the number of members in this enum
    MY_ERROR_TYPE_count,
    // helpers for iterating over the enum
    MY_ERROR_TYPE_begin = 0,
    MY_ERROR_TYPE_end = MY_ERROR_TYPE_count,
} my_error_type_t;

c++定义:

enum my_error_type_t 
{
    MY_ERROR_TYPE_SOMETHING_1 = 0,
    MY_ERROR_TYPE_SOMETHING_2,
    MY_ERROR_TYPE_SOMETHING_3,
    MY_ERROR_TYPE_SOMETHING_4,
    MY_ERROR_TYPE_SOMETHING_5,
    /// Not a valid value; this is the number of members in this enum
    MY_ERROR_TYPE_count,
    // helpers for iterating over the enum
    MY_ERROR_TYPE_begin = 0,
    MY_ERROR_TYPE_end = MY_ERROR_TYPE_count,
};

C或c++对弱类型枚举的迭代:

注意:通过my_error_type++递增枚举是不允许的——甚至在c风格的enum上也不允许，所以我们必须这样做:my_error_type = (my_error_type_t)(my_error_type + 1)。注意，my_error_type+ 1是允许的，然而，因为这个弱enum在这里会自动隐式强制转换为int类型，这样就可以不手动强制转换为int类型:my_error_type = (my_error_type_t)((int)my_error_type + 1)。

for (my_error_type_t my_error_type = MY_ERROR_TYPE_begin; 
        my_error_type < MY_ERROR_TYPE_end;
        my_error_type = (my_error_type_t)(my_error_type + 1)) 
{
    switch (my_error_type) 
    {
        case MY_ERROR_TYPE_SOMETHING_1:
            break;
        case MY_ERROR_TYPE_SOMETHING_2:
            break;
        case MY_ERROR_TYPE_SOMETHING_3:
            break;
        case MY_ERROR_TYPE_SOMETHING_4:
            break;
        case MY_ERROR_TYPE_SOMETHING_5:
            break;
        case MY_ERROR_TYPE_count:
            // This case will never be reached.
            break;
    }
}

2. 对于限定作用域的强类型c++枚举类:

c++定义:

enum class my_error_type_t
{
    SOMETHING_1 = 0,
    SOMETHING_2,
    SOMETHING_3,
    SOMETHING_4,
    SOMETHING_5,
    /// Not a valid value; this is the number of members in this enum
    count,
    // helpers for iterating over the enum
    begin = 0,
    end = count,
};

这个强类型枚举的c++迭代:

注意，强制递增枚举类变量需要额外的(size_t)强制转换(或者(int)也可以接受)!这里我还选择使用c++风格的static_cast<my_error_type_t>强制转换，但是C风格的(my_error_type_t)强制转换(如上所示)也可以。

for (my_error_type_t my_error_type = my_error_type_t::begin; 
        my_error_type < my_error_type_t::end;
        my_error_type = static_cast<my_error_type_t>((size_t)my_error_type + 1)) 
{
    switch (my_error_type) 
    {
        case my_error_type_t::SOMETHING_1:
            break;
        case my_error_type_t::SOMETHING_2:
            break;
        case my_error_type_t::SOMETHING_3:
            break;
        case my_error_type_t::SOMETHING_4:
            break;
        case my_error_type_t::SOMETHING_5:
            break;
        case my_error_type_t::count:
            // This case will never be reached.
            break;
    }
}

Also notice the scoping. In the C++ strongly-typed enum class I used my_error_type_t:: to access each scoped enum class member. But, in the C-style weakly-typed regular enum, very similar scoping can be achieved, as I demonstrated, simply be prefixing each enum member name with MY_ERROR_TYPE_. So, the fact that the C++ strongly-typed enum class adds scoping doesn't really add much value--it's really just a personal preference in that regard. And the fact that the C++ strongly-typed enum class has extra type-safety also has pros and cons. It may help you in some cases but it definitely makes incrementing the enum and iterating over it a pain-in-the-butt, which, honestly, means it is doing its job. By making it harder to increment the scoped enum class variable as though it was an integer, the C++ strongly-typed enum class is doing exactly what it was designed to do. Whether or not you want that behavior is up to you. Personally, I frequently do not want that behavior, and so it is not uncommon for me to prefer to use C-style enums even in C++.

参见:

[我的回答]在c++11中有一种方法通过索引初始化一个向量吗? [我的问答]在c++中迭代枚举类的常用方法是什么? 我对c++中枚举类(强类型enum)和常规enum(弱类型enum)之间的一些差异的回答:如何自动将强类型enum转换为int? 我的一些关于-Wall -Wextra -Werror和其他构建选项的个人笔记，来自我的eRCaGuy_hello_world回购。

大多数解决方案基于(MIN, MAX)范围内的循环，但忽略了枚举中可能存在漏洞的事实。

我的建议是:

        for (int i = MYTYPE_MIN; i <= MYTYPE_MAX; i++) {
            if (MYTYPE_IsValid(i)) {
                MYTYPE value = (MYTYPE)i;
                // DoStuff(value)
            }   
        }