Uniform initialization with Eigen dynamic types

Question

I'm trying to learn the Eigen C++ library, and was wondering if there is some nice shorthand for initializing dynamic vectors and matrices. It would be really nice to write something like you would using a std::vector

std::vector<int> myVec = {1,2,3,6,5,4,6};

ie

VectorXi x = {1,2,3,4,7,5,7};

The closest (ugly) equivalent I can find involves Map . .

int xc[] = {2,3,1,4,5};
Map<VectorXi> x(xc,sizeof(xc)/sizeof(xc[0]));

What other initialization methods are there?

Answer 1

For fixed size matrices/vectors, you can use the comma initializer:

Matrix3f m;
m<<1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9;

I can't test it right now, but it should work similarly for your situation:

VectorXi x(5);
x << 2,3,1,4,5;

If it does not, you could use a temporary Vector, fill it with the five elements using the comma initializer and then assign it to the VectorXi.

edit: You might also be interested in this page: Eigen: Advanced Initialization

Answer 2

By the code you showed, you are OK in writing const items. So maybe you can do something like

std::vector<int> vec;
const int init_vec[5] =  {1,2,3,4,5}
vec.assign(init_vec, init_vec + 5);

See this post of how use array to populate vectors.

EDIT: Correct a wrong link formating.