Thread: [Dev-C++] Invalid initializer for an array

Why do I get an "invalid initializer" message for the following line in my 
program?

	int distribution[5] = (0);

It seems the only thing that works to initialize an array is a "for" 
statement.  Does anyone have an answer?  The above line is by the book and 
should work.  Or is this a software bug?  Some how I doubt that.

Richard Evans

Probably the compiler's fault. Why don't you try creating a function that
handles that ?
E.g. :

template <class ARRAY_TYPE>
void fill_array ( ARRAY_TYPE [] &arrary, int number_of_items, ARRAY_TYPE
fill_value = 0 )
                        { for ( int i=0; i < number_of_items; i++ )
 array[i] = fill_value; } }

I know you said you didn't want the for thing... but making it a function
becomes really easy to use :

fill_array ( distribution, 5, 0 );

Byezzz

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From: Richard P. Evans <ev...@ma...>
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Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 06:07 AM
Subject: [Dev-C++] Invalid initializer for an array


> Why do I get an "invalid initializer" message for the following line in my
> program?
>
> int distribution[5] = (0);
>
> It seems the only thing that works to initialize an array is a "for"
> statement.  Does anyone have an answer?  The above line is by the book and
> should work.  Or is this a software bug?  Some how I doubt that.
>
> Richard Evans
>
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to initialize an array you do this :

int distribution [5] = { 1,2,3,4,5 }

----- Original Message -----
From: "RoGeR" <le...@sp...>
To: <dev...@li...>
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 09:39 AM
Subject: Re: [Dev-C++] Invalid initializer for an array


> Probably the compiler's fault. Why don't you try creating a function that
> handles that ?
> E.g. :
>
> template <class ARRAY_TYPE>
> void fill_array ( ARRAY_TYPE [] &arrary, int number_of_items, ARRAY_TYPE
> fill_value = 0 )
>                         { for ( int i=0; i < number_of_items; i++ )
>  array[i] = fill_value; } }
>
> I know you said you didn't want the for thing... but making it a function
> becomes really easy to use :
>
> fill_array ( distribution, 5, 0 );
>
> Byezzz
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Richard P. Evans <ev...@ma...>
> To: <dev...@li...>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 06:07 AM
> Subject: [Dev-C++] Invalid initializer for an array
>
>
> > Why do I get an "invalid initializer" message for the following line in
my
> > program?
> >
> > int distribution[5] = (0);
> >
> > It seems the only thing that works to initialize an array is a "for"
> > statement.  Does anyone have an answer?  The above line is by the book
and
> > should work.  Or is this a software bug?  Some how I doubt that.
> >
> > Richard Evans
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Dev-cpp-users mailing list
> > Dev...@li...
> > http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/dev-cpp-users
> >
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev...@li... 
> [mailto:dev...@li...]On Behalf Of 
> Richard P. Evans
> Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 5:08 AM
> To: dev...@li...
> Subject: [Dev-C++] Invalid initializer for an array
> 
> 
> Why do I get an "invalid initializer" message for the following 
> line in my 
> program?
> 
> 	int distribution[5] = (0);
> 

int distribution[5]={0,0,0,0,0};


> It seems the only thing that works to initialize an array is a "for" 
> statement.  Does anyone have an answer?  The above line is by the 
> book and 
> should work.  Or is this a software bug?  Some how I doubt that.


I am new at C++, but i think that your initialisation is somehow wrong.


Ioannis

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On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, Ioannis Vranos wrote:

> > 
> > Why do I get an "invalid initializer" message for the following 
> > line in my 
> > program?
> > 
> > 	int distribution[5] = (0);
> > 
> > It seems the only thing that works to initialize an array is a "for" 
> > statement.  Does anyone have an answer?  The above line is by the 
> > book and 
> > should work.  Or is this a software bug?  Some how I doubt that.

Try this int distrubution[]={0,0,0,0,0}
 
It means an array of ints ,with proper size (5), initialized with all
elements to 0.
 		
	zsombi

> Try this int distrubution[]={0,0,0,0,0}
>
> It means an array of ints ,with proper size (5), initialized with all
> elements to 0.

You could also replace the {0,0,0,0,0} with {0} (if I recall properly, this
works with all ANSI C/C++ compilers).

-----
Matthew Hickson

Hello everybody,

Just a quick question regarding Dev-C++ (I'm using v3.9).

Has anybody encountered a good class builder utility?  Ideally something
along the lines of MSVC++ v5.  Nothing super special, just something to
generate standard C++ classes (most preferably with a Windows interface).

Thanks,

-----
Matthew Hickson