Why can't I create an array with size determined by a global variable?

Question

Why does the array a not get initialized by global variable size?

#include

int size = 5;

int main()
{
    int a[si         


        

Answer 1

#include 

/* int size=5; */
#define size 5 /* use this instead*/
/*OR*/
int a[size]={1,2,3,4,5};  /* this*/

int main() 
{ 
    int a[size]={1,2,3,4,5}; 
    printf("%d",a[0]); 
    return 0; 
} 

int size means that size is a variable and C does not allow variablesize arrays.

I am using VS2008 where using

const int size=5;  

allows

int a[size]={1,2,3,4,5};