Question

I apologize for the total noob question, but I just cannot find an answer. I googled, searched here, searched C++ array documentation, and some C++ array tutorials.
The question is simple. Why does

#include "stdafx.h"
int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
      short pixelarray[3][3] = {{1,1,1},{0,0,0},{-1,-1,-1}};
      ... //do stuff.  Imagine a loop here, and BIG array - I'm just simplifying it for StackOverflow
      pixelarray = {{1,0,-1},{1,0,-1},{1,0,-1}};

    return 0;
}

result in an error?

1>arraytest.cpp(11): error C2059: syntax error : '{'

How do I put a static array inside my array? I realize I could set each item individually, but there has to be a better way.

Answer 1

If you don’t want to assign each individual element manually, you can do this:

short pixelarray2[3][3] = {{1,0,-1},{1,0,-1},{1,0,-1}};
memcpy(pixelarray, pixelarray2, sizeof(pixelarray));

As @Nick points out: initializer lists are not for assignment.