char word[] = {"a", "b", "c", "d"} when compiling it throws an error. but when I change it for this: char word[][2] = {"a", "b", "c", "d"} it compiles well. Whats wrong with this?? Isnt it the same as char word[] = {"abcd"} ?? thanks.

Nope. The first line of code you have is attempting to create an array of chars called word, but you're attempting to place strings into it. In C/C++ a char is surrounded by single quotes ('), strings are surrounded by double quotes (")

The reason the second line works is because you are creating an array of char[2] arrays, char[2] is a string containing up to two characters, minus the terminating zero/null character, thus, a single character string is fine to store here.

Its also not the the same as "char word[] = {"abcd"}" because that defines a string of 4 characters 'a', 'b', 'c' and 'd' followed by the terminating character. The former defines 4 individual arrays containing strings of 'a', 'b', 'c' and 'd' each followed by their own terminating character.


What you seem to want is: char word[] = {'a', 'b', 'c', 'd'}

thanks a lot.