Declaring Multidimensional Arrays

[wob_b]

Hello, please could you tell me where I'm going wrong with this:

char array[6];
array[0] = {'A', 'B'};
array[1] = {'C'};
array[2] = {'D', 'E', 'F'};
array[3] = {'G'};

Thank you
Rob Briggs

[cas]

You've made an array of char. Multidimensional arrays in C are implemented as arrays of arrays, like so:

char array[6][10];

Now you have 6 arrays, each of which is an array of 10 char. You can't assign to arrays, either, so you'd have to do something like:

strcpy(array[0], "AB");

This isn't exactly like your example since strcpy() creates a string by adding a null character; you could assign to each element:

array[0][0] = 'A'; array[0][1] = 'B';

or use memcpy(), etc.

When dealing with arrays, always be careful not to run off the end of one (strcpy() can't check the buffer size, so it's up to you).

[BillyTKid]

There is no way to do this as you. You can try:

char array[][3]={ {'A', 'B'},{'C'},{'D', 'E', 'F'},{'G'} };