static strings

[dunsondog109]

I want to make a static class member called dirs that is an array of Strings. My .h file says this

static String dirs[8];

and my .cpp file says this

String Square::dirs[8] = {"a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g", "h"};

When I run my code I get some unintelligable error messages

1>y:\windows\dunsonm\documents\visual studio 2008\projects\assignment_2\assignment_2\square.h(35) : error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'dirs'
1>y:\windows\dunsonm\documents\visual studio 2008\projects\assignment_2\assignment_2\square.h(35) : error C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support default-int
1>y:\windows\dunsonm\documents\visual studio 2008\projects\assignment_2\assignment_2\square.h(35) : error C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support default-int
1>y:\windows\dunsonm\documents\visual studio 2008\projects\assignment_2\assignment_2\square.h(35) : error C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support default-int

trust me I don't have any missing semi colons. Does anyone know why I'm getting this error message. If someone could let me know and tell me what to change I'd greatly appreciate it.

[Thumper]

It looks to me like you didn't include <string>. If you have, try declaring it like static std::string dirs[8];.

[dunsondog109]

yeah I made several errors.

One I didn't include the statement

using namespace std;

and the other error is I spelled string with a capital S.

Thanks Thumper