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Maverik
Maverik

Reputation: 2398

Initialize a struct which contains vector

I'm looking for a method for initializing a complex struct which contains vector in a single row.

For example if I have this structure:

struct A{
  double x;
  double y;
};
struct B{
  double z;
  double W;
};
struct C{
  A a;
  B b;
};

I can initialize C in this way: C c = {{0.0,0.1},{1.0,1.1}};

But what If I have to initialize a struct like this?

struct A{
  double x;
  double y;
};
struct B{
  vector<double> values;
};
struct C{
  A a;
  B b;
};

I have to do it in a single row because I want to allow the users of my application to specify in a single field all the initial values. And of course, I would prefer a standard way to do it and not a custom one.

Thanks!

Upvotes: 12

Views: 11079

Answers (6)

Random Wombat
Random Wombat

Reputation: 116

If you're not using C++11 (so you can't use Mankarse's suggestion), boost can help:

C c = { {0.1, 0.2}, {boost::assign::list_of(1.0)(2.0)(3.0)} };

Upvotes: 3

CashCow
CashCow

Reputation: 31435

The question is how to initialize B in the second example?

You cannot initialize a vector like this:

std::vector<int> v = { 1, 2, 3 }; // doesn't work

You can do this

int data[] = { 1, 2, 3 };
std::vector<int> v( &data[0], &data[0]+sizeof(data)/sizeof(data[0]));

(there are nicer ways to do that). That isn't a "one-liner" though.

This works and I have tested it:

template< typename T >
struct vector_builder
{
     mutable std::vector<T> v;
     operator std::vector<T>() const { return v; }
};

template< typename T, typename U >
vector_builder<T>& operator,(vector_builder<T>& vb, U const & u )
{
vb.v.push_back( u );
return vb;
}

struct B
{
  vector<double> v;

};

B b = { (vector_builder(),1.1,2.2,3.3,4.4) };

C c = { {1.1, 2.2 }, {(vector_builder(),1.1,2.2,3.3,4.4)} };

Upvotes: 0

David
David

Reputation: 28178

You'll just have to use one of the constructors if you don't have the new C++11 initialization syntax.

    C c = {{1.0, 1.0}, {std::vector<double>(100)}};

The vector above has 100 elements. There's no way to initialize each element uniquely in a vector's construction.

You could do...

 double values[] = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5};
 C c = {{1.0, 1.0}, {std::vector<double>(values, values+5)}};

or if you always know the number of elements use a std::array which you can initialize the way you want.

Upvotes: 1

DilithiumMatrix
DilithiumMatrix

Reputation: 18627

struct C {
    A a;
    B b;
    C(double ta[2], vector<double> tb) {
        a = A(ta[0],ta[1]);    // or a.x = ta[0]; a.y = ta[1]
        b = tb;
    }
};

then you can initialize with something like

C c = C( {0.0, 0.1} , vector<double> bb(0.0,5) );

Upvotes: -1

Jim Lahey
Jim Lahey

Reputation: 84

You could do this:

C obj = { { 0.0, 0.1f }, std::vector<double>( 2, 0.0 ) };

But obviously it's not ideal since all the values in your vector need to be the same.

Upvotes: 0

Mankarse
Mankarse

Reputation: 40613

You can initialise C in a very similar way in C++ to in C:

C c = {{0.3, 0.01}, {{14.2, 18.1, 0.0, 3.2}}};

Upvotes: 11

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