How to init char array using char literals?

Question

The following statement doesn't work in Java, but works in C:

char c[] = "abcdefghijklmn";

What's wrong?

Does the char array can only be initialized as following?

char c[] = {'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'i', 'j', 'k', 'l', 'm', 'n'};

Answer 1

You could use

char c[] = "abcdefghijklmn".toCharArray();

if you don't mind creating an unnecessary String.

Unlike in C, Strings are objects, and not just arrays of characters.

That said, it's quite rare to use char arrays directly. Are you sure you don't want a String instead?