[tonyuprm]

Hi all,

I'm creating a class but I cannot declare variables inside my class to then use them in my member functions. Here is the error I get.

const scalar pi2=3.14;

error: ISO C++ forbids initialization of member âpi2â
error: making âpi2â static

[olesen]

Originally Posted by tonyuprm

Hi all,

I'm creating a class but I cannot declare variables inside my class to then use them in my member functions. Here is the error I get.

const scalar pi2=3.14;

error: ISO C++ forbids initialization of member âpi2â
error: making âpi2â static

Like the error message says, you'll need to make the data member static, which means it is the same for every instance.

static const scalar pi2 = 3.14;

Note that in-header initialization only works for simple types, for more complex types you need to initialize them in the .C file.

BTW: if you really just need PI, you could also consider using the constants provided with OpenFOAM:
http://foam.sourceforge.net/doc/Doxy...stants_8H.html

[tonyuprm]

That worked just fine. Thanks!