I have read other similar posts but I just don't understand what I've done wrong. I think my declaration of the vectors is correct. I even tried to declare without size but even that isn't working.What is wrong??
My code is:
#include <vector>
#include <string>
#include <sstream>
#include <fstream>
#include <cmath>
using namespace std;
vector<string> v2(5, "null");
vector< vector<string> > v2d2(20,v2);
class Attribute //attribute and entropy calculation
{
vector<string> name(5); //error in these 2 lines
vector<int> val(5,0);
public:
Attribute(){}
int total,T,F;
};
int main()
{
Attribute attributes;
return 0;
}
You cannot do this:
vector<string> name(5); //error in these 2 lines
vector<int> val(5,0);
in a class outside of a method.
You can initialize the data members at the point of declaration, but not with ()
brackets:
class Foo {
vector<string> name = vector<string>(5);
vector<int> val{vector<int>(5,0)};
};
Before C++11, you need to declare them first, then initialize them e.g in a contructor
class Foo {
vector<string> name;
vector<int> val;
public:
Foo() : name(5), val(5,0) {}
};
Initializations with (...)
in the class body is not allowed. Use {..}
or = ...
. Unfortunately since the respective constructor is explicit
and vector
has an initializer list constructor, you need a functional cast to call the wanted constructor
vector<string> name = decltype(name)(5);
vector<int> val = decltype(val)(5,0);
As an alternative you can use constructor initializer lists
Attribute():name(5), val(5, 0) {}
Since your compiler probably doesn't support all of C++11 yet, which supports similar syntax, you're getting these errors because you have to initialize your class members in constructors:
Attribute() : name(5),val(5,0) {}