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#include<stdio.h>
main()
{
    int i,arr[5]={};
    for(i=0;i<5;i++)
    {
        printf("%d\n",arr[i]);
    }
}

This code produces the following output :
0
0
0
0
0


QUESTION : Is empty initialization of array elements in C, allowed ?

What I have tried:

I tried to run the above code on some online IDEs and i got the same results (mentioned above).

Ideone.com - NkJM0W - Online C Compiler & Debugging Tool[^]

I also tried to find the result on Stackoverflow but couldn't understand the answer :
Is an empty initializer list valid C code? - Stack Overflow[^]
Posted
Updated 4-Apr-17 11:38am
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As far as I know, it is not allowed, but be careful, the result may depend on compiler.

Here is the reference book by the authors of the language:
The C Programming Language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[^]
https://hassanolity.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/the_c_programming_language_2.pdf[^]
http://www.ime.usp.br/~pf/Kernighan-Ritchie/C-Programming-Ebook.pdf[^]
 
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It seems rather pointless to have an empty initializer to me. In C and C++ you can write this :

int arr[5]={0};
 
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