Does not name a type

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Does not name a type

There is a code like this(I work in Code Blocks):

#include <SFML/Graphics.hpp>

class Test
{
    sf::Texture testTexture;
    testTexture.loadFromFile("sheet1.png");
};
int main()
{
    sf::RenderWindow window(sf::VideoMode(200, 200), "SFML works!");
    sf::CircleShape shape(100.f);
    shape.setFillColor(sf::Color::Green);

    while (window.isOpen())
    {
        sf::Event event;
        while (window.pollEvent(event))
        {
            if (event.type == sf::Event::Closed)
                window.close();
        }

    window.clear();
    window.draw(shape);
    window.display();
    }

return 0;
}

This is the usual sfml health check code taken from their site. I added my own Test class to it. When compiling, code blocks throws this error:

main.cpp|6|error: 'testTexture' does not name a type

What can this be related to and in which direction to dig? This is the third day I've been struggling with this error

P.S. without a class, the code compiles perfectly and works

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c++sfml

Author: NeauBee, 2017-06-11

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1 answers

score 1 · Accepted Answer

And what behavior do you expect from your code? What do you think the string{[3] should do?]}

 testTexture.loadFromFile("sheet1.png");

Inside the class?

In fact, what you want is done with the constructor . Something like that. The constructor will be called when creating an object of this class.

class Test
{
    sf::Texture testTexture;
    Test() {
        testTexture.loadFromFile("sheet1.png");
    }
};