Initialize an static array in a class

[RCAJ]

How can I do the following?

class C{
private:
static const char c[3] = {1,2,3};
//...
};

The compiler says it can't be done like that.

[lallous]

Hello,

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How can I do the following?

class C{
private:
static const char c[3] = {1,2,3};
//...
};

The compiler says it can't be done like that.

Static variables should be initialized from outside class.

--
Elias

[Jeff Schwab]

RCAJ wrote:

How can I do the following?

class C{
private:
static const char c[3] = {1,2,3};
//...
};

The compiler says it can't be done like that.

Yeah, those up-tight compilers can be really retentive, you know?
class C
{
static const char c[ 3 ];
};

const char C::c[ 3 ] = { 1, 2, 3 };

[Alexandros]

Static variables should be initialized from outside class.

--
Elias

how?

I just want const values for that array. How can I initialize it so that
when I create an object the values are ready to be used without
initializing them in the constructor?

[Alexandros]

Jeff Schwab escribió:

RCAJ wrote:

How can I do the following?

class C{
private:
static const char c[3] = {1,2,3};
//...
};

The compiler says it can't be done like that.

Yeah, those up-tight compilers can be really retentive, you know?
class C
{
static const char c[ 3 ];
};

const char C::c[ 3 ] = { 1, 2, 3 };

Thanks. It already works! But I've got a question: why can I get access
to a private atribute outside the class?

[Victor Bazarov]

"Alexandros" <em***@company.com> wrote...

[...]
Thanks. It already works! But I've got a question: why can I get access
to a private atribute outside the class?

Probably because it's _private_...

[Jeff Schwab]

Alexandros wrote:

class C{
private:
static const char c[3] = {1,2,3};
//...
};

<snip/>
class C
{
static const char c[ 3 ];
};

const char C::c[ 3 ] = { 1, 2, 3 };

Thanks. It already works! But I've got a question: why can I get access
to a private atribute outside the class?

You're not really accessing it, you're still defining and initializing
it. The semantics are the same as for any private method. You can
define it outside the class. The defintion doesn't count as an access.
You're not actualling calling the method, or in this case, accessing
the variable.

-Jeff