Managed Struct

[bobdabilder]

I may have to post this elsewhere, but thought someone could help as it may not be a managed issue.
I want to create a struct with an int and an array of int code:

public value struct square
	{
		static Int32 val = 0;
		static array<Int32>^ validBits = gcnew array<Int32>(9);
	};

I want a two dimensional array of this struct code:
array<square^,2>^ squares = gcnew array<square^,2>(9,9);

when i try to populate the array of int within the strict code:
squares[i,b]->validBits = getNextNumber(i,b);
I get error "Object reference not set to an instance of an object."}
I am sure this is obvious, but cannot grasp it. thanks in advance.

[bobdabilder]

I had to do

squares[i,b] = gcnew square;
squares[i,b]->validBits = getNextNumber(i,b);