how to initialize a char matrix with empty elements?

hello guys!
i have a problem (don't know why) and need some help
I have a matrix se part of the code below

Code:

int i, j;
	char matrix[3][3];
	for(i=0;i<=9; i++) {
		if(bo->square[i].piece_type==1) /*bo->square[i].piece_type return an integer */
			  matrix[i/3][i%3]='+';
		else if (bo->square[i].piece_type==2) /
			matrix[i/3][i%3]='*';
		else matrix[i/3][i%3]=' ';
		}

but i get a run time error when i have the last statement matrix[i/3][i%3]=' ';
(Run-Time Check Failure #2 - Stack around the variable 'matrix' was corrupted.)
If a remove this statement everything is correct but i get some strange (random character) at the empty matrix element when i print it on the screen
Can somebody tell me how do i intialize an element of the matrix with an empty character ' ' without geting this error ?

Why the '/' on the end of your 'else if' line? Did you want a '\'? Even still you aren't really continuing the statement on the next line so you don't need it. Take that out and see if it works. That was the only problem I had.

> for(i=0;i<=9; i++)
Also, it should be < 9

On the last iteration, you access matrix[3][0]

Originally Posted by Salem

> for(i=0;i<=9; i++)
Also, it should be < 9

On the last iteration, you access matrix[3][0]

thank you i found the error before i read your message
but i want to thanks all of you for getting help when i need it