Using strings in arrays

[molma100]

hello i am rather new to c++ and im wondering if i did this right..

heres the code

#include <string>
#include <iostream>
#ifndef CLASSES_H_INCLUDED
#define CLASSES_H_INCLUDED

using namespace std;
class Drawing
{
    public:
    int DrawID[50], sorx[50], sory[50], sorw[50], sorh[50], desx[50], desy[50], desw[50], desh[50];
    char DrawName[50];

    DrawName[0] = "stats.png";
    DrawID[0] = 0; //Stats
    sorx[0] = 0;
    sory[0] = 0;
    sorw[0] = 100;
    sorh[0] = 70;
    desx[0] = 0;
    desy[0] = 0;
    desw[0] = 100;
    desh[0] = 70;

};

i am using SDL to make a game and right now i thought it would be a good idea to make the drawings into arrays to make things faster.


also heres the part where im drawing the rectangles:

int a;
    for(a=0;a=0;a++)
    {
        Drawing Draw[a];
        SDL_Surface* DrawIT[a] = IMG_Load(Draw[a].DrawID[a]);
        SDL_Rect Draw2[a]; //player source 1
        Draw2[a].x = Draw[a].sorx[a];
        Draw2[a].y = Draw[a].sory[a];
        Draw2[a].w = Draw[a].sorw[a];
        Draw2[a].h = Draw[a].sorh[a];

        SDL_Rect Draw3[a]; //player destination 1
        Draw3[a].x = Draw[a].desx[a];
        Draw3[a].y = Draw[a].desy[a];
        Draw3[a].w = Draw[a].desw[a];
        Draw3[a].h = Draw[a].desh[a];
    }

if this is not right please help me out

i would appreciate it


EDIT: also i am using Code::Blocks with MinGW and this is an SDL project if that helps
-Molma

[Disch]

chars have a single character like 's'. "stats.png" is more than 1 character, so it cannot fit in a char.

Instead.. use a string:

// char DrawName[50];  // boo
std::string DrawName[50];  // yay 

Although... isntead of having all these arrays, it's easier if you put everything in a struct and then have an array of structs:

struct DrawInfo
{
    int DrawID, sorx, sory, sorw, sorh, desx, desy, desw, desh;
    std::string DrawName;
};


class Drawing
{
    public:
    DrawInfo info[50];

   // now you have info[0].DrawID, etc
};

Also note you cannot put assignments in the class body like that. Any actual code that is executed belongs in functions, not in class bodies.