Is there a way to initialize an array with non-constant variables? (C++)

Question

I am trying to create a class as such:

class CLASS
{
public:
    //stuff
private:
    int x, y;
    char array[x][y];
};

Of course, it does

Answer 1

The compiler need to have the exact size of the class when compiling, you will have to use the new operator to dynamically allocate memory.

Switch char array[x][y]; to char** array; and initialize your array in the constructor, and don't forget to delete your array in the destructor.

class MyClass
{
public:
    MyClass() {
        x = 10; //read from file
        y = 10; //read from file
        allocate(x, y);
    }

    MyClass( const MyClass& otherClass ) {
        x = otherClass.x;
        y = otherClass.y;
        allocate(x, y);

        // This can be replace by a memcopy
        for( int i=0 ; i

*EDIT: I've had the copy constructor and the assignment operator