Visual Studio editor thinks that my declared vector is actually a declared function

[vaderboi]

I am trying to create a class that, when instantiated in to an object, will place a number of randomly generated elements in to a vector. Right off the bat, the Visual Studio editor thinks that my declared vector variable is actually a function. When I hover over "listOfNums", I get this error:

"std::vector<int> SortedArray::listOfNums(size_t numOfElements)
Function definition for 'listOfNums' not found."

Shouldn't the C++ compiler recognize that "listOfNums" is using a constructor to take size "numOfElements"?

Here is my code:

class SortedArray{
   private:
		std::vector<int> listOfNums(size_t numOfElements);
}

[tpb]

Don't just "hover". Compile it and post all of the error output (including any that scrolled off the top). The error presumably begins somewhere else.

[1vRz3TCk]

If you want do define a function that takes a size_t and returns a vector of int, how would you write it?

[vaderboi]

Okay will do. Will let you all know what the error is.

[1vRz3TCk]

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#include<iostream> #include <vector> class SortedArray { public: SortedArray(size_t numberOfElements = 5); std::vector<int> listOfNumbers; }; SortedArray::SortedArray(size_t numberOfElements) : listOfNumbers(numberOfElements) { } int main() { SortedArray sa1; SortedArray sa2(19); std::cout << "sa1 capacity: " << sa1.listOfNumbers.capacity() << "\n"; std::cout << "sa2 capacity: " << sa2.listOfNumbers.capacity() << "\n"; return 0; }

sa1 capacity: 5 sa2 capacity: 19

[tpb]

Yeah, I wasn't even thinking, man. That's a function declaration. You need to do it like CodeMonkey shows.

[vaderboi]

Took your advice, CodeMonkey. I looked up member initialization in my textbook and created the constructor you recommended.