Initialisation of struct containing string?

[hughLg]

Can't initialize the variable a, why:

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

typedef struct {
	string a, b;
	int c;
} T;

int main() {
	[highlight]T a = {"a", "b", 5};[/highlight]
}

The following error & warning messages appear:

[highlight]Error E2291 test.cpp 11: } expected in function main()
Error E2034 test.cpp 11: Cannot convert 'char *' to 'T' in function main()
Error E2141 test.cpp 11: Declaration syntax error in function main()
Error E2139 test.cpp 11: Declaration missing ; in function main()
Warning W8004 test.cpp 11: 'a' is assigned a value that is never used in function main()
Error E2190 test.cpp 11: Unexpected }
Error E2190 test.cpp 12: Unexpected }[/highlight]

 

[cpjust]

You can't initialize a struct like that.

You'll have to either give the struct a constructor (in which case you may as well make it a class instead), or initialize a, b, and c individually.