[sowmi]

Hi All,

I need some help on ENUM in C.It would be great if I get the reply soon.
My pbm is ,I have a string for eg : data = abc".I want to convert this into int and should map with the enum value that is defined.
but when i print the result it prints as "-2......." some junk values...
I couldnt find the reason why the number is displayed.
This is how i coded ...

//defined in header file
enum Commands
{
  abc = 1,
  def,
  ghi
}
typedef struct
{
   char command[LINELEN];                         
   char parm1[LINELEN];
 } ExeCmd_s;
//main code in a function....
int temp = (int)(exeCmd.command)
switch(temp)
{
  case abc : perform some operation;
                  break;
  case def :...
  ....
  default : break;
}

so whats the problem here and someone can help me out if possible..

Thanks,
Sowmi