Question

I have a very basic doubt. From the code below , I have declared Board[ ][ ] as a global char array. I would like to initialize the array in a function called init_board(). But the compiler returns

In function void init_board():
expected primary-expression before '{' token
expected ;' before '{' token

Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <conio.h>

using namespace std;

//global variables---------------
char Board[2][2];

//function declarations----------
void init_board();

int main(void)
{
init_board();

 for(int i=0;i<2;i++)
 { 
 for(int j=0;j<2;j++)
 {
  cout<<Board[i][j]<<" ";
 }
  cout<<"\n";
 }

getch();
}

void init_board()
{
Board[2][2] = {{'a','b'},{'c','d'}}; 
}

What is the basic error I am making…please point out !!

Thanks

Answer 1

The initializer syntax can be used only while declaring the array, i.e.

char board[2][2] = {{'a', 'b'}, {'c', 'd'}};

In all other cases, you need to browse through the array elements and set them.