printing char arry to console

[psa3ebres]

Hello i am totally new to C++ but i have some experience with Java and C#. So can someone please explain to me why when i run this:

#include "stdafx.h"
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
	
int main(){
	char a[3]={'a','b','c'};
	cout<<a<<endl;
	return 0;
}

i am getting:

abcyΦk£‡ρ

instead of:

abc

note that every time i run this, the characters after "abc" vary.

[Galik]

The << operator expects char arrays to be zero terminated. Try:

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
	
int main(){
	char a[4]={'a','b','c','\0'};
	cout<<a<<endl;
	return 0;
}

[happykiller]

Arrays are friends with loops. Here is your code:

#include "stdafx.h"
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
	
int main(){
	char a[3]={'a','b','c'};
	for(int i = 0; i <= 3; i++){
            
	cout<<a[i]<<endl;
}
system("PAUSE");
	return 0;
}

Always use loops for array string displays or numbers...

[psa3ebres]

Duh... know i remember i read about the '\0' somewhere. Thank you for your reply, i was going nuts trying to figure that out.

Happykiller thanx for your reply too.