New to C++, Header File Error

Hi, I'm new to C++ and I'm having trouble getting my header file to compile.
Here's the code:

Code:

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#include <iostream>
#include <stdlib.h>

using namespace std;

class widget {
        private:
        char *label = NULL;
        int serNo;

        static int nExist, nCreated;

        public:
        widget(void);
        widget(const char *);
        widget(const widget&);
        ~widget();

        const widget & operator = (const widget&);

        void print(void) const;
};

#endif
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And heres the error:

widget.h:11: error: ISO C++ forbids initialization of member `label'
widget.h:11: error: making `label' static
widget.h:11: error: invalid in-class initialization of static data member of non-integral type `char*'
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Any help would be greatly appreciated
Thanks

Quote:

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Originally Posted by kspill2

widget.h:11: error: ISO C++ forbids initialization of member `label'

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So, the compiler tells you it's line 11, and that it's forbidden to initialise member 'label'...
I might be stating the obvious here, but if you remove the part that says: '= NULL' you'll be fine.
Initialisation of member variables should be done in the constructor, only statics are initialised like that, but you can't initialise statics in a header, they need to be initialised in your c file.

QuantumPete

Thanks for the help. Works fine now