compiler error: 'array1' is not a type

[wolfv]

This error message makes no sense; 'array1' is an array name.
The code looks good to me. Please tell me what I am missing.

char array1[2] = { 'a', 'b' };
char array2[2] = { 'x', 'y' };

class Matrix
{
	protected:
		char * array;
	public:
		Matrix(char * arrayT) { array = arrayT; };
};

class SplitKeyboard
{
	public: // SplitKeyboard is composed of two matrices
		Matrix matrix1(array1); //error: 'array1' is not a type Matrix matrix1(array1);
		Matrix matrix2(array2); //error: 'array2' is not a type Matrix matrix2(array2);
};

SplitKeyboard keyboard;

int main()
{
	return 0;
}

error: 'array1' is not a type Matrix matrix1(array1);
error: 'array2' is not a type Matrix matrix2(array2);

[jlb]

You're missing the type for your parameter. What type of variable is array1?

[ats15]

The error message says that array1 is not a TYPE. You cannot put a name, you need to put a TYPE

class SplitKeyboard
{
	public: // SplitKeyboard is composed of two matrices
		Matrix matrix1; 
		Matrix matrix2; 
                SplitKeyboard(char*, char*);
};

SplitKeyboard::SplitKeyboard(char* a1, char* a2)
{
//initialize matrix 1 and matrix2
}

You could use an empty constructor instead, if array1 and array2 are global, but use of global variables is usually a sign of bad programming

[wolfv]

Thanks jlb and ats15. Now I see the light. This is what I was trying to do (this compiles):

char array1[2] = { 'a', 'b' };
char array2[2] = { 'x', 'y' };

class Matrix
{
	protected:
		char * array;
	public:
		Matrix(char * arrayT) { array = arrayT; };
};

class SplitKeyboard
{
	public: // SplitKeyboard is composed of two matrices
		Matrix matrix1;
		Matrix matrix2;

		SplitKeyboard(): matrix1(array1), matrix2(array2) { };
};

SplitKeyboard keyboard;

int main()
{
	return 0;
}