Thread: Why can I not do this?

Hi I am working on a basic array question and I am trying to create an array
of empty strings. I am not permitted to use a vector here.

I declared the string array correctly and the size is a reference pased from another function.

Code:

std::string employeeNames[ rSIZE ] = { "" };

But I got 1 error saying

Code:

salary charter.cpp variable-sized object `employeeNames' may not be initialized

I do not know why, as say If I had an integer array i could use the { 0 } format to initilize all the elements to zero. Is the a special case for strings that only vectors permit? Of course the below is valid but I cannot use it.

Code:

std::vector<std::string> employeeNames ( 10, "" );

rSIZE is not constant?

Yes it was. Doh I should of known better that I had declared the size as read-only..