C programming hint

[Andrew Koenig]

> 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 

Don't.  There is no guarantee that strncpy copies one character at a time.