C++ Error: "Array Must Be Initialized with a Brace Enclosed Initializer"
I Am Getting the Following C++ Error: Array Must Be Initialized with a Brace Enclosed Initializer from This Line of C++ Int Cipher[Array_Size][Array_Size] = 0...
I am getting the following C++ error:
array must be initialized with a brace enclosed initializer
From this line of C++
int cipher[Array_size][Array_size] = 0;
What is the problem here? What does the error mean? Below is the full code:
string decryption(string todecrypt)
{
int cipher[Array_size][Array_size] = 0;
string ciphercode = todecrypt.substr(0,3);
todecrypt.erase(0,3);
decodecipher(ciphercode,cipher);
string decrypted = "";
while(todecrypt.length()>0)
{
string unit_decrypt = todecrypt.substr(0,Array_size);
todecrypt.erase(0,Array_size);
int tomultiply[Array_size]=0;
for(int i = 0; i < Array_size; i++)
{
tomultiply[i] = int(unit_encrypt.substr(0,1));
unit_encrypt.erase(0,1);
}
for(int i = 0; i < Array_size; i++)
{
int resultchar = 0;
for(int j = 0; j<Array_size; j++)
{
resultchar += tomultiply[j]*cipher[i][j];
}
decrypted += char((resultchar%229)-26);
}
}
return decrypted;
}
3 Answers
The syntax to statically initialize an array uses curly braces, like this:
int array[10] = { 0 };
This will zero-initialize the array.
For multi-dimensional arrays, you need nested curly braces, like this:
int cipher[Array_size][Array_size]= { { 0 } };
Note that Array_size must be a compile-time constant for this to work. If Array_size is not known at compile-time, you must use dynamic initialization. (Preferably, an std::vector).
You cannot initialize an array to '0' like that
int cipher[Array_size][Array_size]=0;
You can either initialize all the values in the array as you declare it like this:
// When using different values
int a[3] = {10,20,30};
// When using the same value for all members
int a[3] = {0};
// When using same value for all members in a 2D array
int a[Array_size][Array_size] = { { 0 } };
Or you need to initialize the values after declaration. If you want to initialize all values to 0 for example, you could do something like:
for (int i = 0; i < Array_size; i++ ) {
a[i] = 0;
}
You can't initialize arrays like this:
int cipher[Array_size][Array_size]=0;
The syntax for 2D arrays is:
int cipher[Array_size][Array_size]={{0}};
Note the curly braces on the right hand side of the initialization statement.
for 1D arrays:
int tomultiply[Array_size]={0};
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