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Calling another constructor when constructing an object with const members

I want the latter to use the former. How can i do that in c++?. If it’s not possible why can’t i make the *this = regMatrix assignment?

RegMatrix::RegMatrix(int numRow,int numCol)
{
    int i;
    for(i=0;i<numRow;i++)
    {
        _matrix.push_back(vector<double>(numCol,0));
    }
}

RegMatrix::RegMatrix(const SparseMatrix &sparseMatrix)
{
    RegMatrix regMatrix(sparseMatrix.getNumRow(),sparseMatrix.getNumCol());
    vector<Node> matrix = sparseMatrix.getMatrix();
    cout << "size: " << matrix.size() << endl;
    for(std::vector<Node>::const_iterator it = matrix.begin(); it != matrix.end(); ++it )
    {
        cout << "Position: [" << (*it).i << ", " << (*it).j << "] Value:" << (*it).value << endl;
        regMatrix._matrix[(*it).i][(*it).j] = (*it).value;
    }

    *this = regMatrix;
}

Answer 1

You can do this in the new C++0x using “Delegated Constructors”.
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RegMatrix(const SparseMatrix &sparseMatrix) : RegMatrix(sparseMatrix.getNumRow(),sparseMatrix.getNumCol())
{
    vector<Node> matrix = sparseMatrix.getMatrix();
    cout << "size: " << matrix.size() << endl;
    for(std::vector<Node>::const_iterator it = matrix.begin(); it != matrix.end(); ++it )
    {
        cout << "Position: [" << (*it).i << ", " << (*it).j << "] Value:" << (*it).value << endl;
        this->_matrix[(*it).i][(*it).j] = (*it).value;
    }
}

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