Thread: Initialzing a 2D character array

I'm writing a function that draws fonts from a binary mask. I havent got very far as I can't remember how to initialize a 2d character array.

heres what i got:

Code:

char mini_text[10][7]="]fjjjr]", "0", "0", "0", "0", "0", "0", "0", "0";

Theres basically 10 array elements for characters 0 to 9, and each characters consists of 7 other characters each representing a scanline. How can I initialize this?

Cheers. That was a bit of a dumb mistake.

But perhaps a bitset is better? Eg an array of bitted chars (you have only 7 characters, which would fit into a int8 (char)...).

I dont quite get what you mean here. I guess I could code it using 5 characters instead of 7 reading the binary patterns vertically instead, but that seems like more hassle than its worth for just shaving a couple of characters off.