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John Ratliff · Guest

How can you define a static character pointer array in C++?

ex:

class tmp {
private:
static const char *ARR[];
};

const char *tmp::ARR[] =
{
"nts1", "nts2", "nts3"
}

--- This doesn't compile for me, even if I switch it to use two *'s and
abandon the [].

---

However, this is valid:

static const char *ARR[] =
{
"nts1", "nts2", "nts3"
}

This will work, but I would like to know how to embed the declaration
inside a class.

Thanks,

--Dominic

Rob Williscroft · Guest

John Ratliff wrote in news:bv6gis$ijm$1 (AT) hood (DOT) uits.indiana.edu:

John Ratliff · Guest

-- temp.cc --
#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

class tc {
private:
static const char **ARR;
public:
void print();
};

const char **tc::ARR =
{
"hello", "world", "there"
};

void tc::print() {
for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
cout << ARR[i] << endl;
}
}

int main(int argc, char **argv) {
tc app;

app.print();

return 0;
}
--- end of temp.cc

g++ temp.cc
test.cc:15: initializer for scalar variable requires one element

What is the difference between

const char **var and const char *var[]?

--Dominic

"Rob Williscroft"

Ron Natalie · Guest

"John Ratliff" <jdr (AT) nospam (DOT) com> wrote

John Ratliff · Guest

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