# Coding style - upper or lower case for enum elements?

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/coding-style-upper-or-lower-case-for-enum-elements/107077
**Category:** General Usage
**Tags:** style, enum
**Created:** [December 3, 2023, 2:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/coding-style-upper-or-lower-case-for-enum-elements/107077 "2023-12-03T14:25:43Z")
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### Author: ![greatpet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@greatpet](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/greatpet)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2023, 2:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/coding-style-upper-or-lower-case-for-enum-elements/107077/1 "2023-12-03T14:25:43Z")

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The [Julia manual for enum](https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/base/base/#Base.Enums.@enum) has the example

```
@enum Fruit apple=1 orange=2 kiwi=3

```

According to some style guides for Julia, global constants should be UPPER\_CASE, so should I write

```
@enum Fruit APPLE=1 ORANGE=2 KIWI=3

```

instead?

I know this is a subjective question, but I’d like to hear subjective opinions.