Initialization of elements in dynamic array

[Chaost]

I'm not entirely sure this type of question should go in the beginner forum, but I'll try my luck here first.

My question is; Is there any way to initialize all the values of the elements in a dynamic array a more efficient way than:

char * symbLi = new char[5];
symbLi[0] = '?';
symbLi[1] = '!';
symbLi[2] = '(';
symbLi[3] = ')';
symbLi[4] = '@';

I was imagining something like the standard array initialization.

char symbLi[5] = { '?', '!', '(', ')', '@' };

It's kind of annoying having to type the pointer name every time.

[elohssa]

Your way is efficient. Just not pretty. I'd just use std::array.

c++17: http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/experimental/make_array
c++11: std::array<char, 5> arr = { '?', '!', '(', ')', '@' };

[JLBorges]

These are all possible:

char* symbLi = new char[5] { '?', '!', '(', ')',  '@' } ;
char* symbLi2 = new char[10] { '?', '!', '(', ')',  '@' } ; // rest are zero initialised
std::unique_ptr< char[] > symbLi3 { new char[5] { '?', '!', '(', ')',  '@' } } ; //managed by the unique pointer
std::vector<char> symbLi4 { '?', '!', '(', ')',  '@' } ;
std::string symbLi5 = "?!()@" ;