Initialize already declared char array in C++

Question

I want to use something like this:

char theArray[]=new char[8];
theArray= { 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8};

instead of

char theArray[] = { 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8};

Is a similar thing possible?

Answer 1

C++0x

char* ch;
ch = new char[8]{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8};

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@David Thornley: then switch these lines and there is no problem. And seriously you're talking about reallocating char[8] in the same memory pool as the previous value, then you need to play with own allocators, something like:

char* ch1 = new char[8]{'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'i'};
char* ch2 = new(ch1) char[8]{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8};

afaik OP is not likely to need that.