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Asked: May 18, 20262026-05-18T01:46:40+00:00 2026-05-18T01:46:40+00:00

I have a struct like this: struct A { char x[]; }; What does

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I have a struct like this:

struct A 
{   
  char x[];
};

What does it mean? When I do something like:

A a;
a.x = "hello";

gcc throws an error saying:

error: incompatible types in assignent of 'const char [6]' to 'char [0u]'
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    2026-05-18T01:46:41+00:00Added an answer on May 18, 2026 at 1:46 am

    This is a C99 “flexible array member”.
    See here for gcc specifics: http://www.delorie.com/gnu/docs/gcc/gcc_42.html

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