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In article <7lhobn$heq$1@ndsukns01.ndsuk.com> "Richard" <rchandler_mapson@nospam.ndsuk.com> writes:
>Magnus Hult wrote in message ...
>>Hello,
>>
>>I've got a problem (again). Take a look at this:
>>
>>class Object {
>>    public:
>>        int id;
>>        static Object *pId[50];
>>};
>>
>>How to allocate memory for those 50 static members? I can't make a loop
>>outside a function, and it doesn't feel right to write "Object
>>*Object::pId[n] = 0;" 50 times.
>>
>
>
>You need to create the storage at the global scope level (although access
>will be restricted to the class scope) as follows in a cpp file ...
>
>Object*    Object::pld[50] ;
>
>That creates the whole array. Then you can use the array from any function
>in your class (or in this case anywhere as it's public)
>
>Object::method()
>{
>    for( int i=0 ; i<50; i++ )
>    {
>        pld[i] = 0 ;
>    }
>}
>
>Hope this answers your question

Right, he could do this from any function in the class, but he probably
wants it to be done by a static member function.  

- Greg
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