initialization question

[progmateur]

Suppose I define a line:

char a[100];

My question is ,to what value is this char array initialized to before any operation ,Is it initialized to null characters '\0' or a form feed character or to something else.Please give the exact answer iff you know.And also specify some way to verify the character ASCII within the compiler itself.

Thank you in advance!

(I am using Turbo C Compiler)

[ZuK]

Global variables are zero initialized. Local variables are not initialized.
Kurt

[WaltP]

Suppose I define a line:

char a[100];

My question is ,to what value is this char array initialized to before any operation ,Is it initialized to null characters '\0' or a form feed character or to something else.

Test it yourself:

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
    int  inp[20];
    for (i=0; i<20; i++)
    {
        printf("%d  ", inp[i]);
    }
        
    return 0;
}