enum.IntEnum in Python

With the help of enum.IntEnum() method, we can get the enumeration based on integer value, if we compare with normal enum based class it will fail by using enum.IntEnum() method.

Syntax : enum.IntEnum

Return : IntEnum doesn’t have a written type.

Example #1 :
In this example we can see that by using enum.IntEnum() method, we are able to get the enumeration based on integer value by using this method.

# import enum and IntEnum
from enum import IntEnum

# Using enum.IntEnum
class author(IntEnum):
     GEEK = 1
     FOR = 2
     GEEKS = 3

print(author.FOR == 2)

OutPut :

True

Example #2 :

# import enum and IntEnum
from enum import IntEnum, Enum

# Using enum.IntEnum
class author(IntEnum):
     GEEK = 1
     FOR = 2
     GEEKS = 3

class language(Enum):
     Python = 1
     Java = 2

print(author.GEEK == language.Python)

OutPut :

False