vector cannot be initialized by {}

Question

Hi I am a newbie in C++ and I just cannot initialize a vector using {}, even if the code is copied with a book. For example, when I do these

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Answer 1

uniform initialization is introduced since C++11, You should use a recent compiler that supports this new feature.

If your compiler does not support this feature, you may try the following:

string arrOfString[3] =  {"a", "an", "the"};
vector<string> articles(arrOfString, arrOfString +3);

EDIT:

with MSVC11, you can do (by courtesy of @chris):

string arrOfString[3] =  {"a", "an", "the"};
vector<string> articles(std::begin(arrOfString), std::end(arrOfString));