What is this? I have never seen this syntax...

[bdt]

SeatingChart::SeatingChart (int theNumberOfRows,
int* numberOfSeatsPerRow)
: numberOfRows(theNumberOfRows)

Here is what makes this weird to me. numberOfRows is a variable NOT a function. Why does it have an arguement list? matter-of-factly, I don't understand much about this constructor at all.

 

[JOLESEN]

: numberOfRows(theNumberOfRows) is an initializer (Could have been a list of initializers).

The variable numberOfRows will be set to theNumberOfRows.

numberOfRows may be a variable or a constant member of the class. If it is a const member, this is is the only way to give it a value.

/JOlesen

 

[bdt]

Thanks, that was it.