Class construction with initial values

Question

I\'m new to C++, and the whole idea of classes - I\'m still reading a book to try and learn. The book I\'m reading says that when I construct a class, I can assign default v

Answer 1

Well, this is a typical FAQ question: http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/ctors.html#faq-10.6

In your case, using char and int there are no differences.

General rule: use initialization list as possibile, there are very few cases when you can prefer assignment, for example for improve readability:

MyClass::MyClass
{
  a = b = c = d = e = f = 0;
}

is better than

class MyClass::MyClass : a(0), b(0), c(0), d(0), e(0), f(0) { }