C compile error: “Variable-sized object may not be initialized”

Question

Why do I receive the error \"Variable-sized object may not be initialized\" with the following code?

int boardAux[length][length] = {{0}};

Answer 1

You receive this error because in C language you are not allowed to use initializers with variable length arrays. The error message you are getting basically says it all.

6.7.8 Initialization

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3 The type of the entity to be initialized shall be an array of unknown size or an object type that is not a variable length array type.