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well, i'm trying create struct inside another, , having trouble ...

the code:

    using system; using system.collections.generic; using system.linq; using system.text;  namespace wamserver {     class pstruct     {         public static pstruct.player[] player = new pstruct.player[100];         public struct player         {             public int id;             public string username;             public string password;             public pstruct.character[] character = new pstruct.character[2];         }          public struct character         {             public string charactername;             public string gender;             public string classid;             public string level;             public sbyte mapid;             public int x;             public int y;         }     } } 

uses struct:

pstruct.player[index].character[convert.toint32(id)].charactername = br.readstring(); pstruct.player[index].character[convert.toint32(id)].gender = br.readstring(); pstruct.player[index].character[convert.toint32(id)].classid = br.readstring(); pstruct.player[index].character[convert.toint32(id)].level = br.readstring(); 

and:

string charname = (pstruct.player[clientid].character[convert.toint32(charid)].charactername);  string chargender = (pstruct.player[clientid].character[convert.toint32(charid)].gender);  string charclass = (pstruct.player[clientid].character[convert.toint32(charid)].classid);  string charlevel = (pstruct.player[clientid].character[convert.toint32(charid)].level); 

the message is: cannot have instance field initializers in struct

in line:

public pstruct.character[] character = new pstruct.character[2]; 

anyone can me?

you cannot inside struct.

public pstruct.character[] character = new pstruct.character[2]; //doesn't work 

the new pstruct.character[2]; compiler has problem with. is, you're initializing field inline. way initialize field in struct via explicit constructor takes parameters, cannot have explicit parameterless constructor in struct, either.

public struct player {     public player() { } // doesn't work either - constructor must have parameters   } 

to accomplish want , keep struct (and not have pass dummy parameter when instantiating struct), workaround use old-fashioned property explicit getter , setter:

public struct player {     public int id;     public string username;     public string password;      private pstruct.character[] character;     public pstruct.character[] character      {                  {              if (null == character)                  character = new pstruct.character[2]; // works              return character;          }         set          {              character = value;          }     } }