initializing a vector of vectors of a user defined

Question

I have this struct

struct myStruct {
    int a;
    int b;
    }

I want to create a vector <vector<myStruct> > V and initialize it to n empty vectors of type vector<myStruct>

I'm trying to use the the fill constructor like this:

vector<edge> temp;
vector<vector<edge> > V(n, temp);

This code works fine in main, but when I have V inside a class how can I do that inside the class constructor.

EDIT: when I do it in my class constructor I get the following error:
no match for call to '(std::vector<std::vector<edge> >) (int&, std::vector<edge>&)'

the code generating the error is:

vector<myStruct> temp;
V(n,  temp); // n is a parameter for the constructor

Use an initializer list. – digital_revenant Nov 01 '13 at 13:18 — digital_revenant, Nov 01 '13 at 13:18

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 01 '13 at 13:22

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First, note that temp is not necessary: your code is identical to

vector<vector<edge> > V(n);

Now to your main question: When your vector is inside a class, use initializer list if the member is non-static, or initialize the member in the declaration part if it is static.

class MyClass {
    vector<vector<edge> > V;
public:
    MyClass(int n) : V(n) {}
};

or like this:

// In the header
class MyClass {
    static vector<vector<edge> > V;
    ...
};

// In a cpp file; n must be defined for this to work
vector<vector<edge> > MyClass::V(n);

answered Nov 01 '13 at 13:22

Sergey Kalinichenko

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in case I can't use an initializer list ? my constructor takes a file, reads data and then need to initialize, how can I do that ? – Moha the almighty camel Nov 09 '13 at 23:49
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@Mhd.Tahawi If you cannot use initializer list, you can use an assignment inside the constructor's body: `MyClass(int n) {V = vector >(n); }` – Sergey Kalinichenko Nov 09 '13 at 23:55

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 01 '13 at 13:22

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Just omit temp. The constructor for the class that V is inside should look like:

MyClass(size_t n) : V(n) {}

answered Nov 01 '13 at 13:22

Steve Jessop

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 01 '13 at 13:23

class A
{
private:
    std::vector<std::vector<myStruct>> _v;
public:
    A() : _v(10) {} // if you just want 10 empty vectors, you don't need to supply the 2nd parameter
    A(std::size_t n) : _v(n) {}
    // ...
};

You use initializer lists for this kind of initialization.

initializing a vector of vectors of a user defined

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