C style char arrays

[compone87]

If I read in characters into a char array using cin, why do I need a constructor for the char array?

[jsmith]

There is no such thing as a constructor for any C-style array of any type.

[compone87]

I thought a constructor in C++ initializes a char array?

[jsmith]

POD types, structs, and classes (can) have constructors. Arrays cannot.

(POD types are "Plain 'Ol Data" types like int, double, char, bool and all other integer/floating point types.)

[compone87]

I have a class called stringcreator. A constructor in that class is defined as
stringcreater ( const char different[] ). The constructor's job is to construct an array to hold a charater string.

However, I want any string to be inputted by a user of the program. Hence I'm using the following in main()

char str[256];
cout << "Enter a string: " << endl;
cin >> str;

Why then do I need the constructor above? Hope this clear now.

[JCED]

Constructors are meant to do some primary initialization for the class that it's part of, not anything it's not part of. In this case, you don't need a constructor.

[jsmith]

@compone87:

I think the confusion is over your phrasing.

You have a constructor for stringcreator that initializes the char array (either to an empty string
or copies the string passed into the constructor, I would guess).