Thread: 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

Thanks for the help. Works fine now