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typedef struct tagInputfields
{
    UINT nMask ; 
    CString fields[5] ; 
} ;

CString val = m_ifFields.fields[1] ;

class AA
{
  // private by default.
public:
  AA() { }
};

struct BB
{
  // public by default.
  BB() { }
};

CString tagInputFields::operator[](int idx)
{
  switch ( idx )
  {
    case 1: return field1; break;
    case 2: return field2; break;
    // and so on...
    default: /* some kind of error handling here */
      return _T("");  // fall back case, empty string
  }
}
 
const CString tagInputFields::operator[](int idx) const
{
  switch ( idx )
  {
    case 1: return field1; break;
    case 2: return field2; break;
    // and so on...
    default: /* some kind of error handling here */
      return _T("");  // fall back case, empty string
  }
}