Initializing array with a runtime value.

[yeah1000]

Hello, i need to create an array with a certain size, the value is stored in an integer (not constant) but for some reason i am unable to initialize an array with the following code: int size = someclass.somefunction.somevalue; int buffer[size]; Why cant i initialize it like this? TY

[David Crow]

yeah1000 wrote:

Why cant i initialize it like this?

Because the value is unknown at compile time.

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[Michael Schubert]

How about this:

int size = someclass.somefunction.somevalue;
PINT buffer = new int[size];

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delete[] buffer;