Question about ternary operator in initializer list

[elelont2]

Hi, i have two classes, and i am trying to use the ternary operator in the initializer list to initialize Class2 memeber to some value or null based on the data in MyClass2 constructor: MyClass { ... int x; int y; } MyClass2 { ... MyClass myObj; } MyClass2 Constructor: Version 1)

MyClass2(const AnotherClass* data) :
myObj(data ? data->x : MyClass()) --compile error

Version 2)

MyClass2(const AnotherClass* data) :
myObj(data ? data->x : MyClass my) --synatax error

I get the following error: error: no match for ternary 'operator?:' in ... How could i fix this? Thanks

[jschell]

Just put it into the the ctor body

MyClass2(const AnotherClass* data)
{
if (data)
myObj = data->x;
}

[Lost User]

Your ternary expression makes no sense; if true it returns an integer, and if false it returns an object.

One of these days I'm going to think of a really clever signature.