Thread: initializing a static string

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    initializing a static string

    How can we initialize the static string str in class 'a' below..

    Code:
    #include<iostream>
    #include<string,h>
    
    class a
    {
    static char str[80];
    };
    
    int main()
    {
    
    }

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    You would say( globally ):
    Code:
    char a::str[80] = "This is a string";
    EDIT: Actually, I'm not so sure about what I wrote above. You could declare a public static function that would set the string.
    Last edited by GReaper; 02-28-2012 at 08:25 AM.
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    GReaper is correct, but of course this should go in the source file, not the header file.
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