How to keep static const variable as a member of a class

Question

I want to keep a static const variable as a member of class. Is it possible to keep and how can i initilize that variable.

Some body helped by saying this

 QString <ClassName>::ALARM_ERROR_IMAGE = "error.png";

Initilizing value for a const data

I tried like this

in CPP class i write

static  QString ALARM_WARNING_IMAGE ;

In constructor i write

ALARM_WARNING_IMAGE        = "warning.png";

But not working... Please help by giving some hints

Answer 1

Outside of any function in the source file write:

const QString ClassName::ALARM_WARNING_IMAGE = "warning.png";

This construction also works:

const QString ClassName::ALARM_WARNING_IMAGE("warning.png");

Header:

class ClassName {
  static const QString ALARM_WARNING_IMAGE;
};

Also, don't write anything in the constructor. This would initialize the static variable everytime ClassName is instantiated. This does not work, because the variable is const and a bad idea so to speak. consts can only be set once during declaration.

Answer 2

Here is the basic idea:

struct myclass{
 //myclass() : x(2){}      // Not OK for both x and d
 //myclass(){x = 2;}       // Not OK for both x and d
 static const int x = 2;   // OK, but definition still required in namespace scope
                               // static integral data members only can be initialized
                               // in class definition
     static const double d;    // declaration, needs definition in namespace scope,
                               // as double is not an integral type, and so is
                               // QSTRING.
     //static const QString var; // non integral type
};

const int myclass::x;             // definition
const double myclass::d = 2.2;    // OK, definition
// const QString myclass::var = "some.png";

int main(){
}