You can't do what you want directly - the're no initializer syntax for something like a map.

What you can do is create another class to help you..

// in mapclass.h
class mapclass
{
private:
  friend class maploader;
  map<string,int> s_mapArray;
};

// In mapclass.cpp
#include "mapclass.h"

map<string,int> mapclass::s_mapArray;

class mapLoader
{
 public:
   mapLoader()
   {
     mapclass::s_mapArray["Item01"] = 0;
     mapClass::s_mapArray["Item02"] = 1;
     // ...
   }
};

static mapLoader loader(mapClass::s_mapArray);

-cd

 Hi,

 I have a question about to initialize a static map member like this:

 In the mapclass.h;
 class mapclass
 {
     private:
     static map<string, int> s_mapArray;
 }

 In the mapclass.cpp;
 ....
 s_mapArray["Item01"] = 0;
 s_mapArray["Item02"] = 1;
 ....

 I don't want to initialize this static member in a member function body, I only want to initialize it in the cpp file body.
 What I can do ?

 Thanks advanced,

 Bill

 Hi,

 I have a question about to initialize a static map member like this:

 In the mapclass.h;
 class mapclass
 {
     private:
     static map<string, int> s_mapArray;
 }

 In the mapclass.cpp;
 ....
 s_mapArray["Item01"] = 0;
 s_mapArray["Item02"] = 1;
 ....

 I don't want to initialize this static member in a member function body, I only want to initialize it in the cpp file body.
 What I can do ?

 Thanks advanced,

 Bill
I think this may be covered by the upcoming assignment library which is due in the next version? of boost. See www.boost.org.

Jeff F

// One of the few possible solutions.

class CMyMapInitializer
{
public:
   CMyMapInitializer(map<string, int> &myMap)
   {
      myMap["Item01"] = 0;
      myMap["Item02"] = 1;
   }
};

map<string, int> mapclass::s_mapArray;

CMyMapInitializer mapInitializer(mapclass::s_mapArray);

// other mapclass definitions .....

-hth.
-Vinayak