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From: johnston@uiucdcsb.Uiuc.ARPA
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Subject: Re: C programming hint
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Date: Thu, 18-Jul-85 10:04:00 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jul 18 10:04:00 1985
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/* Written  2:04 pm  Jul 10, 1985 by kps@teddy.UUCP in uiucdcsb:net.lang.c */
/* ---------- "C programming hint" ---------- */
I found a way to initialize an array of characters without using a loop.
Here is the method I used:

	char blanks[SIZE];	/* declare array of SIZE elements */
	
	blanks[0] = ' ';	/* initialize 1st element */

	strncpy(blanks + 1, blanks, SIZE - 1);	/* initialize entire array */
		   ^^^       ^^^       ^^^
		    |         |         |
		destination  source   how many characters to copy 

The trick is to use strncpy in an almost recursive way.
Well, I hope you found this useful.
/* End of text from uiucdcsb:net.lang.c */