How to initialize all members of an array to the same value?

Question

I have a large array in C (not C++ if that makes a difference). I want to initialize all members of the same value.

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Answer 1

Cutting through all the chatter, the short answer is that if you turn on optimization at compile time you won't do better than this:

int i,value=5,array[1000]; 
for(i=0;i<1000;i++) array[i]=value; 

Added bonus: the code is actually legible :)