How to Initialize an Array in the Constructor

[Deluge]

I want to have an array as a class member, but the only way I know how to initialize the array in the constructor is by adding each element individually (array[x] = char).

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

class MyClass
{
  public:
    MyClass();
    ~MyClass();
    void PrintLetters(); // Prints each character in the array
  private:
    char alpha[3]; // Allocate memory for array
};

MyClass::MyClass()
{
    // Initialize the array
    alpha[0] = 'A';
    alpha[1] = 'B';
    alpha[2] = 'C';

    PrintLetters();
}

MyClass::~MyClass()
{
}

void MyClass::PrintLetters()
{
    for (int x = 0; x < 3; x += 1)
    {
        cout << alpha[x] << endl;
    }
}

int main()
{
    MyClass abc;
    abc;

    return 0;
}

Is there another way to do it? If I try to do it like this:

MyClass::MyClass()
{
    // Initialize the array
    alpha[3] = {'A', 'B', 'C'};

    PrintLetters();
}

I get the following error:

$ g++ test.cpp -o test
test.cpp: In constructor ‘MyClass::MyClass()’:
test.cpp:17: error: expected primary-expression before ‘{’ token
test.cpp:17: error: expected `;' before ‘{’ token

The reason I ask is because I want an array with many more elements than three.

[Deluge]

I figured out what I wanted to do using a "for" loop:

string letters = "ABC";
for (int x = 0; x < sizeof(alpha); x +=1)
{
    alpha[x] = letters[x];
}

[aidyszh]

Why not use string?