Visual Studio 2012 C++ arrays initialization using { }

Question

i've just started programming in visual studio 2012 Express and from the beginning I'm having problems with arrays.

The environment says that this code is invalid:

int a[10] = {5,1,8,9,7, 2,3,11, 20,15};

First of all i had to declare that this array has fixed size using fixed keyword, but after that the program still has been wanting to put ; after a[10]. Filling up this array one number by one would be waste of time. Is it possible to work around it? I can't find any solution in google so I decided to post my problem here.

• Marco A.: Post the error? Also: which "fixed" keyword are you talking about?
• TobiMcNamobi: Compiles for me (VS2012 Ultimate, Update 4).
• Werner Henze: There is no keyword fixed in C++.
• Himanshu: No error found,Compiled successfully.
• Emi987: It should not give any error. It is strange the compiler wants ; after the declaration. Can you post a bit more of code, for example your main function? Anyway, don't use fixed.

Answer 1

• There's no fixed keyword in C++, perhaps in C#
• The code you posted is perfectly valid in VS2012 Ultimate (and probably also Express)

From the above I might conclude you mismatched project and are trying to compile a C++ code in a C# environment.

Another reason that makes me think the above is the following error you get in a C# project if you try to compile the snippet above:

error CS0650: Bad array declarator: To declare a managed array the rank specifier precedes the variable's identifier. To declare a fixed size buffer field, use the fixed keyword before the field type.

which refers exactly to the fixed keyword you were trying to use.

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Short story: you're trying to compile a C++ code in a C# project. Paste that code in a C++ project, not a C# one. Those are two different languages.

• Luke: Yup. That's the problem. I didn't noticed that by usings I don't know why.

Answer 2

May be its too late to but you can use STL array for fix size arrays as

#include <array>
std::array<int, 5> ary { 1,2,3,4,5 }

This will be a fixed size array

As mentioned by Marco A. there is no "fixed" keyword in C++