Initialize a static array with struct elements

[syang8]

If I have a

struct S
{
int a;
float b;
};

how to initialize a static array of S?

static struct S sarray[] =
{
?????
};

 

[Eric Pruneau]

If I have a

struct S
{
int a;
float b;
};

how to initialize a static array of S?

static struct S sarray[] =
{
?????
};

Example


struct S
{
S() : a(0){} // ctor 1
explicit S(int i) : a(i){} // ctor 2
int a;
};

int main()
{
static S s1[2] = { S(1), S(2) }; // uses ctor 2
static S s2[2]; // uses ctor 1

return 0;
}

 

[red floyd]

If I have a

struct S
{
int a;
float b;
};

how to initialize a static array of S?

static struct S sarray[] =
{
?????
};

What book are you reading that doesn't explain POD struct
initialization? Note that the "struct" in the definition
of sarray[] is a C-ism, not needed in C++.

static S sarray[] =
{
{ 1, 2.3 },
{ 4, 5.6 },
{ 7, 8.9 }
};

 

[syang8]

This answers my question. Thank you.

You are right. It is a pure C quesion. I think I posted on the wrong
group.

If I have a

struct S
{
  int a;
  float b;
};

how to initialize a static array of S?

static struct S sarray[] =
{
  ?????
};

What book are you reading that doesn't explain POD struct
initialization?  Note that the "struct" in the definition
of sarray[] is a C-ism, not needed in C++.

static S sarray[] =
{
    { 1, 2.3 },
    { 4, 5.6 },
    { 7, 8.9 }



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[James Kanze]

You are right. It is a pure C quesion. I think I posted on the
wrong group.

Not really. In C++, such object types are called POD structs,
and they are very useful because they allow static
initialization, and thus avoid order of initialization problems.
Red Floyd's comment about C-ism only concerned the extra
"struct" in the data declaration.