Thread: whats the difference

i have the following snippet of code

Code:

char pword[] = "hel";

int plen = strlen( pword );// plen = 3
.....
int guesses[plen][26] = { 0 };
....

i get an error that guesses may not be initialized
however if i have

Code:

 int guesses[3][26] = { 0 }

no error