Struct Constructor in C++?

Question

Can a struct have a constructor in C++?

I have been trying to solve this problem but I am not getting the syntax.

Answer 1

All the above answers technically answer the asker's question, but just thought I'd point out a case where you might encounter problems.

If you declare your struct like this:

typedef struct{
int x;
foo(){};
} foo;

You will have problems trying to declare a constructor. This is of course because you haven't actually declared a struct named "foo", you've created an anonymous struct and assigned it the alias "foo". This also means you will not be able to use "foo" with a scoping operator in a cpp file:

foo.h:

typedef struct{
int x;
void myFunc(int y);
} foo;

foo.cpp:

//<-- This will not work because the struct "foo" was never declared.
void foo::myFunc(int y)
{
  //do something...
}

To fix this, you must either do this:

struct foo{
int x;
foo(){};
};

or this:

typedef struct foo{
int x;
foo(){};
} foo;

Where the latter creates a struct called "foo" and gives it the alias "foo" so you don't have to use the struct keyword when referencing it.