putting a random numbers generator in a class

I'm learning c++ so it's a newbie question.

I what to put a random generator in a class because it is only used by the class.
To declare and to initialize a random numbers generator I use this piece of code:

Code:

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std::random_device seed;
std::default_random_engine rand_gen(seed());

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but putting that code in a class it gives an error, for example

Code:

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class TBoard {
private:
std::random_device seed;
std::default_random_engine rand_gen(seed());
};

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it's wrong. The solution I think is to put rand_gen(seed()) in the class constructor but I can't find the right solution. Could you help me? Thank you

Remove the "(seed())" from the member variable declaration and try using the constructor initialiser list.

I believe the issue you're facing is that initialising in the member variable declaration requires a constexpr (or something like that), which seed() certainly isn't.