C++ Initializing Non-Static Member Array

To throw one other approach into the mix (and one that doesn't tell you to make the array data members static as most of the other answers do – I assume you know whether or not they should be static), here's the zero-overhead approach I use: Make static member functions and have them return std::array<> (or boost::array<> if your compiler is too old to come with a std:: or std::tr1:: implementation):

class Robot
{
    static std::array<int, 5> posLShd_impl() { std::array<int, 5> x = {{ 250, 330, 512, 600, 680 }}; return x; }
    static std::array<int, 5> posLArm_impl() { std::array<int, 5> x = {{ 760, 635, 512, 320, 265 }}; return x; }
    static std::array<int, 5> posRShd_impl() { std::array<int, 5> x = {{ 765, 610, 512, 440, 380 }}; return x; }
    static std::array<int, 5> posRArm_impl() { std::array<int, 5> x = {{ 260, 385, 512, 690, 750 }}; return x; }
    static std::array<int, 5> posNeck_impl() { std::array<int, 5> x = {{ 615, 565, 512, 465, 415 }}; return x; }
    static std::array<int, 5> posHead_impl() { std::array<int, 5> x = {{ 655, 565, 512, 420, 370 }}; return x; }

    std::array<int, 5> posLShd;
    std::array<int, 5> posLArm;
    std::array<int, 5> posRShd;
    std::array<int, 5> posRArm;
    std::array<int, 5> posNeck;
    std::array<int, 5> posHead;
public:
    Robot();
};

Robot::Robot()
  : posLShd(posLShd_impl()),
    posLArm(posLArm_impl()),
    posRAhd(posRAhd_impl()),
    posRArm(posRArm_impl()),
    posNeck(posNeck_impl()),
    posHead(posHead_impl())
{ }

If your requirement really permits then you can make these 5 arrays as static data members of your class and initialize them while defining in .cpp file like below:

class Robot
{
  static int posLShd[5];
  //...
};
int Robot::posLShd[5] = {250, 330, 512, 600, 680}; // in .cpp file

If that is not possible then, declare this arrays as usual with different name and use memcpy() for data members inside your constructor.

Edit: For non static members, below template style can be used (for any type like int). For changing the size, simply overload number of elements likewise:

template<size_t SIZE, typename T, T _0, T _1, T _2, T _3, T _4>
struct Array
{
  Array (T (&a)[SIZE])
  {
    a[0] = _0;
    a[1] = _1;
    a[2] = _2;
    a[3] = _3;
    a[4] = _4;
  }
};

struct Robot
{
  int posLShd[5];
  int posLArm[5];
  Robot()
  {
    Array<5,int,250,330,512,600,680> o1(posLShd);
    Array<5,int,760,635,512,320,265> o2(posLArm);
  }
};

C++11

The array initialization has now become trivial:

class Robot
{
   private:
       int posLShd[5];
       ...
   public:
       Robot() : posLShd{0, 1, 2, 3, 4}, ...
       {}
};

you can either make it static, or use the new initialisation introduced in C++0x

class Robot
{
private:
  int posLShd[5];
  static int posLArm[5];
  // ...
public:
  Robot() :
    posLShd{250, 330, 512, 600, 680} // only C++0x                                                                                     
  {}

  ~Robot();
};

int Robot::posLArm[5] = {760, 635, 512, 320, 265};

Is there any way to do this other than assigning each element one by one?

If you wish to fill all the elements of array with some default values, std::fill can be used.

#include <algorithm>

// ...
Robot::Robot()
{
    std::fill(posLShd, posLShd+5, 13 ) ; // 13 as the default value

    // Similarly work on with other arrays too.
}

If each element of the array needs to be filled with a different value, then assigning value at each index is the only option.