[RESOLVED] Pointer problem

[zorgoth]

I have a problem with one of my pointers. I tried to define a pointer ptr to a user-defined class intmodn (which is made of two integers) by:

intmodn *ptr;

inside a class nmatrix. The instant the computer declares an nmatrix object, I get a segmentation fault coming from this. I assume (although I could be wrong) that the problem is that the compiler does not know how to allocate memory for an intmodn object, in which case, how does one do tell it?

[zorgoth]

oh btw im using g++

[TheCPUWizard]

Post a minimal yet complete peice of code. This means the smallest possible piece of code that reproduces the exact rpoblem.

[zorgoth]

nvm I fixed it, I was being very dim. It was assigning my pointer a random garbage value rather than 0 and to avoid memory leaks a segment of my code has a delete in it, and that caused the segmentation fault I think. It for some reason didn't print anything I told it to, which is why I assumed it was a problem with the declaration. I fixed it by putting ptr=0; at the beginning of all my constructors (I am definitively a noob in the world of programming).