If I have a class like this

  
class item_c
{
public:
	item_c(char* name_in)
		{
				sprintf(name,"%s",name_in);
		}
private:
	char name[20];
}
  

and I have the pointer item_c* item_p; How do I go about initializing an object pointed to by item_p if with a string if I use new to allocate the memory? Thanks in advance http://www.geocities.com/ben32768

You mean something like this?:
item_p = new item_c("something");

Yeah. That works. Thanks

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