C#

class Program
{
   Array colorValues = Enum.GetValues(typeof(ColorType));
   Polygon[] allPolygons = new Polygon[colorValues.Length * shapeValues.Length];
}

S. Senthil Kumar wrote:

The typical solution is to move the initialization code to the constructor of the class.

class MyClass
{
    Array colorValues = Enum.GetValues(typeof(ColorType));
    Array shapeValues = Enum.GetValues(typeof(ShapeType));
    Polygon[] allPolygons = new Polygon[colorValues.Length * shapeValues.Length];

    public MyClass()
    {
        int index = 0;
        foreach (ColorType color in colorValues)
        {
            foreach (ShapeType shape in shapeValues)
            {
                allPolygons[index] = new Polygon(color, shape);
                Console.WriteLine(allPolygons[index]);
                index++;
            }
        }
    }
}

static void Main(string[] args)
{
    MyClass myClass = new MyClass();
}

ssclaire wrote:

Array colorValues = Enum.GetValues(typeof(ColorType)); Array shapeValues = Enum.GetValues(typeof(ShapeType)); Polygon[] allPolygons = new Polygon[colorValues.Length * shapeValues.Length];

class MyClass
{
            Array colorValues = Enum.GetValues(typeof(ColorType));
            Array shapeValues = Enum.GetValues(typeof(ShapeType));
            Polygon[] allPolygons;

            public MyClass()
            {
               allPolygons =  = new Polygon[colorValues.Length * shapeValues.Length];
            ...
            }
}

ssclaire wrote:

static void Main(string[] args) { Array colorValues = Enum.GetValues(typeof(ColorType)); Array shapeValues = Enum.GetValues(typeof(ShapeType)); Polygon[] allPolygons = new Polygon[colorValues.Length * shapeValues.Length];

class Foo
{
  // foreach (var a in b) ... // cant do this here
  void Bar()
  {
    foreach (var a in b) ... // no problem here
  }
}

Hamed Mosavi wrote:

Should new be called (for instance in constructor) before assigning it a value?

string foo = new string();
foo = "bar";

  string foo;

  public string Foo
  {
    get { return foo; }
    set { foo= value; }
  }
...
  // in constructor
  foo = new string();

....

  class.Foo = "string";

Hamed Mosavi wrote:

The problem with me is my c++ background. Here foo in fact seems like a pointer. I ask myself do I need to make it point to somewhere before using it? Will the compiler calls new automatically. If I had more time, I would not post this question, but rather investigate MSIL code to find it out.

Thank you for reply. [Rose]