Im using Visual studio .net 2003 and im working with VC++. This line keeps telling me i have 'too many initializers' char Deck[2][52] = {"CA","C2","C3","C4","C5","C6","C7", "C8","C9","C0","CJ","CQ","CK", "DA","D2","D3","D4","D5","D6","D7", "D8","D9","D0","DJ","DQ","DK", "HA","H2","H3","H4","H5","H6","H7", "H8","H9","H0","HJ","HQ","HK", "SA","S2","S3","S4","S5","S6","S7", "S8","S9","S0","SJ","SQ","SK"}; If I switch [2][52] to [52][2] i get out of bounds errors What am I doing wrong?

Just loop to initialize: char Deck[2][52]; char DeckInit[52] = {"CA","C2","C3","C4","C5","C6","C7", "C8","C9","C0","CJ","CQ","CK", "DA","D2","D3","D4","D5","D6","D7", "D8","D9","D0","DJ","DQ","DK", "HA","H2","H3","H4","H5","H6","H7", "H8","H9","H0","HJ","HQ","HK", "SA","S2","S3","S4","S5","S6","S7", "S8","S9","S0","SJ","SQ","SK"}; ======================== for(int i = 0; i < 1; ++i ) { for(int j = 0; j < 52; ++j ) { Deck[i][j]=DeckInit[j]; } } ================== That should accomplish the initialize, maybe not as pretty, but should work. --j This is my signature.

Oops, first for should read: for(int i = 0; i < 2; ++i ) --j P.S. Another thing I notice is that I don't think those are char values, If I'm not mistaken a char must be a single character like so 'a', 'b', 'c', '1', '2', '3', etc... This is my signature.