Initialize string array in a class

[KMagic]

After googling, I finally know how to initialize a string array in a class, which looks like this:

// number.h
class number
{
private:
  static const string num[2];
}

// number.cpp

const string number::num[2] = {"one", "two"};

However, I'm still wondering why we can't initialize it in the constructor, which looks like this:

// number.h
class number
{
private:
  static const string num[2];
public:
  number();
}

// number.cpp

number::number()
{
  const string number::num[2] = {"one", "two"};

}

[SECMoG1T]

your string is a static members, meaning that it will be created immediately the program begins executing , that is long before any instance of your class can be created through your constructors.

static members cannot be intialized via constructors.

anyway i also learnt that the other day haha.

http://www.icce.rug.nl/documents/cplusplus/cplusplus08.html