Question

In my code I want to declare an instance of my custom class like this:

 MyClass anInstance;
 if(something){
      anInstance = MyClass("instantiated like this");
 }else{
      anInstance = MyClass("not instantiated like that");
 }
 //use my anInstance object
 ...

My IDE is flagging the first line where I declare anInstance, it says: No matching constructor for initialization of 'MyClass'

Is there something illegal about this?

Answer 1

MyClass probably lacks a default constructor. If so, you need to initialize it when you declare it. Something like this:

MyClass anInstance(something ? "instantiated like this" : "not instantiated like that");