Thread: I am trying to set an element of a char array what am I doing wrong?

Hello world this is my first post. I thought I would try to learn c programming and I stumbled onto this

>>>Why don't something like this work what am I doing wrong?<<<

Code:

#include<stdio.h>
main()
{

// initialize my multidimensional char array

char names[100][21];

names[0] = "raymond";

printf("&#37;s\n",names[0]);

getchar();

}

How do I do something like that I am new to this thanks for your help?

i dont want to do this

char names[][21] = {{"raymond"}};

all I want to do is this names[0] = "raymond";

how come I can't do that thanks for your time and help bye!

hmm... but shouldn't it be possible to initialise the string(s):

Code:

char names[100][21] = {"raymond"};

laserlight is correct. There is such thing as array assignment, at the time you declare the array.

Code:

char array[][10] =
{
    { "hello" },
    { "world" },
    { "foo" },
    { "bar" },
    { "baz" },
};

After that point, you have to change one element at a time (which is what strcpy does).


Quzah.

Ironically, the comment in raymond1234's code reads "initialize my multidimensional char array". That is what made me think of literally initialising them in the first place.