Re: Two dimensional array Question

In article <Z8adnbR2Ut4wgbTVnZ2dnUVZ8rednZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Richard Heathfield  <rjh@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>... strcpy can never initialise anything, because initialisation is what 
>you do to an object at the point where it is created.

In the sense of "an initializer" (as used in Standard C), yes.
However, one should be aware that many (perhaps even most?) people
also refer to the first assignment to something as its
"initialization", and then use the word "initialize" (or
"initialise") to describe what happens at that point.

That is:

    void f(void) {
        int i = 0;
        int j;

        ... code that does not touch j ...
        j = 0;
        ...
    }

In Standard C terminology, the variable i has an initializer and
is initialized to 0.  The variable j has no initializer and is not
initialized.  The assignment "j = 0" is an ordinary assignment and
does not "initialize" j ... but in many/most people's terminology,
the assignment to j, which is its initial (i.e., first) assignment,
does "initialize" j.

In short, one must be careful with terminology, as the multiple
meanings of various words do confuse people. :-)
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