initializing a char? {Resolved}

Ok, I feel really stupid for not know how to do this, and I can't even find it on the internet.

I want to initialize either a char or a string to have the value "x".

I've tried several ways:

char player = "x"; //doesn't work

string player("x"); //doesn't work


What am I doing wrong??

char c[]="hi";
char c[3]="123";

char* dynamicC=new char[100];
delete dynamicC;

string s("Should work");

Have you
#include "cstring"

I'd like it to be a string i guess. I tried adding an include for the string:

#include <string>

that still didn't work. I do have this at the beginning of a class declaration like this:


class Test
{
string player("x");



Does that make any difference?

This is the beginning of my program. It's a simple console tic tac toe game(saw that in a magazine and thought it would be fun to try!).

Code:

---

/*
 Import the files in the degree signs.  The preprocessor
 compiles and puts the files into the source code
 */
#include <cstdlib>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>

//usingnamespace std;

class TicTacToe
{
              char board[3][3];
              bool hasWon;
              string player("x");

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It's because the variable is a member of a class that you're having difficulties.
you may need to initialize it like so:

Code:

---

#include <string>
class TicTacToe
{
  private:
      std::string player;
      // ...
  public:
      // items following a colon after the constructor
      // will be initialized with the specified value.
      TicTacToe() : player("x")
      {} // or simply { player = "x"; }

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good luck!

Thanks! I've got it working now. Thanks for the help!