C++ creating arrays

Question

Why can\'t I do something like this:

int size = menu.size;
int list[size];

Is there anyway around this instead of using a vector? (arrays a

Answer 1

AFAIK In C++03, there are no variable-length-arrays (VLA):

you probably want to do this:

const int size = menu.size;
int list[size]; // size is compile-time constant

or

int *list = new int[size]; // creates an array at runtime;
delete[] list;             // size can be non-const