How to initialize string in Class in c++ (g++ )

Question

I'm getting this error while initializing a string in a class

Error : publicclass.cpp:13:6: error: array type 'char [50]' is not assignable sn = "Randomstring";

But char is working. Only getting error with strings

#include<iostream>
using namespace std;
class student
{
  public:
  int ht;
  char n[50];
};

int main()
{
  student s;
  s.ht = 1;
  s.n = "Randomstring";
  cout<<"Hallticket no : "<<s.ht<<"\n";
  cout<<"Name : "<<s.n<<"\n";
  return 0;
}

Compiler version is g++ 8.0.0 (getting same error with clang++ ,turboc++(in windows))

Answer 1

Arrays are not assignable.

You can initialise the member when you initialise the object that contains it:

student s{1, "Randomstring"};

You can copy the elements of an existing array after initialisation:

std::strncpy(s.n, "Randomstring", std::size(s.n));