Date: 2004Aug22 Updated: 2005Jun1 OS: Windows Language: C Keywords: clear, init Q. It's such a chore setting each struct member to zero. Is there a faster/less tedious way? A. Use ZeroMemory() like this:

struct MyStruct { int a; float b; char c; MyStruct() { // default constructor ZeroMemory((LPBYTE)this, sizeof(*this)); } };

This works for *some* classes too but be very careful with classes. If you have virtual functions, it will klobber your vtable! So only use on the most simple classes.