Thread: class template error

I have created a class template that acts like an array. However, every time I try to set one of it's values, I get an error: example:
ArrayTypeIDeclared[12] = Somevalue;

yeilds:

error C2106: '=' : left operand must be l-value.

Here is the code to the template:

Code:

template <class T>
class array
{
public:
	array(int size)
	{
		Data = new T[size];
		for(int x = 0; x < size; x++)
			Data[x] = 0x0;
	}

	~array()
	{
		delete [] Data;
	}

	T* Data;

	T operator [] (int index)
	{
		return Data[index];
	}
	
};

Try returning a reference from your subscript overload.

Code:

T& operator [] (int index)
{
return Data[index];
}

No problem. Just so you know what you were actually doing wrong, your original code was returning a copy of the value stored in the array at the position. This is ok for read access but if you want to write to this position then you need to return a reference to a memory location to be written to. That's what the '&' is for.