Question

This is a C++ class that I have made with n number of pointers.

class SomeClass
{
private:
        int* ptr1;
        int* ptr2;
        ...
        int* ptrn;

private:
        // constructors, destructors, and methods
};

During the initialization stage, I want to make all those pointers point to NULL (or make pointers point to NULL by default when they are declared) rather than doing so:

void SomeClass::MakePtrNull()
{
        ptr1 = NULL;
        ptr2 = NULL;
        ...
        ptrn = NULL;
}

Is there any easy method of accomplishing this goal? I’m just wondering if there are any ways of avoiding typing n lines of ptr = NULL; in my function. Thanks in advance.

ADDED based on the answers that I have received so far:
Unfortunately, those pointers have to be separate, as they are used for different purposes. I made the names of the pointers as such just to make a point of what I’m trying to do, but each pointer has a completely different purpose. I guess I would have to make them point to NULL as I have done already. Thanks for your answers.

Answer 1

Why don’t you use an array or a vector rather than creating n individually named pointers? Then you can do the nulling in a short for loop.