Enumerations inside a class

Can I use an enumeration inside a class declaration/definition? Should it be pubic or private? I'm talking about defining an enumerated type which will be used as the type for one of the private data members for the class. I thought I remember seeing somewhere that you could do this, but I'm having trouble. I don't want to have to resort to using the enum outside the class and making it global.

I have a few C++ "do-it-yourself" books and I couldn't find anything about this in them. I even did a google search for "enumeration inside class" and couldn't find anything either. Can anyone help me with this one? Thanks in advance.

Take a look at this: C++ Language Reference: C++ Enumeration Declarations

Laitinen

Thank you. I'm gonna bookmark that site. It looks like it's THE source for C++ programming as far as syntax, structure, form, libraries, that sort of thing. Thanks again.