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

You can allocate memory to your 2-dimensional array in the constructor and free it in the destructor. The simplest way:

array = (char **)malloc(sizeof(char *) * x);
if (array) {
    for (i = 0; i < x; i++) {
        array[i] = (char *)malloc(sizeof(char) * y);
        assert(array[i]);
    }
}