Question

I am running my code on compilr.com and am using C as my language. I am trying to make a simple game where you have an inventory and start out with $100. You gain money by doing jobs secretly for other players. But, I’m getting an error message that says, “Invalid initializer.” What is this and how do I fix it? here is my code:

#include<stdio.h>

int main()
{
    int player_cash[][3] = 100;
    int player[3];
    int job[][100] = {
        "Text me the address of player1",
        "I'll donate $100 to the your funds, if you steal the gold from player2 for me"
    };
            if (player_cash[1] > 5);
                do job[0]
        else if(player_cash[1]<5);

        return 0;
}

Answer 1

 int player_cash[][3] = 100;

You declare a 2D array of ints, then try to initialize it with a single int.
Correct syntax is

 int player_cash[][3] = 
 { 
   {100}
 };

although int player_cash[][3] = { 100 }; will work fine too, just less stylistically correct.

int job[][100] = { "Text me 

ints are integers, they are not strings. So that code doesn’t even make sense.

Also, make a habit of always using {} after an if-statement.

if (player_cash[1] > 5);
 do job[0]

will, because of the semi-colon, be treated as if you had written

if (player_cash[1] > 5)
{}
do job[0]