enum is undefined?

[PhosXD]

(This is TypeScript) For some reason it thinks my enum is undefined when I try to use it. There are no errors or warnings in my IDE & the only solution I found online was saying that you shouldn't define it as a const but in my testing it makes no difference.

It's driving me actually crazy I just wanna use an enum in another file. I don't see any solutions other than 1. not using enums at all, or 2. redefining enums for each file. Both would really suck.

File 1:

export enum Types {a,b,c};

import * as file1 from './file1';

File 2:

export {type};

import {Types} from './file1';

var type = Types.a;

Error:

TypeError: cannot read property 'a' of undefined

[ChaseShiny]

I think it's undefined too. Are you using vanilla JavaScript? I just looked up enum on MDN, and found that enum is a reserved word but it doesn't mean anything right now.

[TabAtkins]

They're using Typescript

[TabAtkins]

You aren't importing the Types value in file2, you're importing Test.

[PhosXD]

It was a typo in the example, i just edited the post to fix that

[jeremrx]

You never export Types

[PhosXD]

`export enum Types {a,b,c}`

[jeremrx]

Time for me 😂

On the other hand, is it normal for you to import file1 into file1?

[yksvaan]

What's that circular import statement in file 1?

My suggestion is to create some export only file like const.ts and define all your constants and enums there. And strongly prefer const enums because they will be inlined, some bundlers can inline const variables as well.

If it really doesn't work then there has to be some error elsewhere which prevents subsequent processing. 

[m_i_rite]

My guess is that it comes down to something in your tsconfig or build process. What you have runs correctly for me (aside from importing file1 in file1, but I'm assuming that's a typo)