How to Initialize char array from a string

Question

I want to do the following

char a[] = { \'A\', \'B\', \'C\', \'D\'};

But I do not want to write these characters separately. I want somethi

Answer 1

This compiles fine on gcc version 4.3.3 (Ubuntu 4.3.3-5ubuntu4).

const char s[] = "cheese";

int main()
{
    return 0;
}