C++ "Too many initializers" Error while making an array of chars - c++

Question

I'm new to C++. I know a lot of python but I'm extremely new to C++. I was creating an array of chars but I got this error- "Too many Initializers" in VSCode.
Please let me know how to fix it.
Here's the code
1 | class Board {
2 | public:
3 | char pos_list[9];
4 |
5 | void reset_pos() {
6 | pos_list[9] = {' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' '};
7 | };
8 | };
I am getting this error in line 6.
Please help me :(

Answer 1

EDIT: My initial answer was not correct, please find the modified correct way to do what you are looking for:
You will not be able to use {'','',''} in order to assign empty values to all elements in the array in C++, you can only do that while initializing the array when you declare it. Also, it wouldn't be ideal because it would use hardcoding of ' ' across the entire length of the array. The better way to do this is to loop over the array and then set each element to empty like below:
void reset_pos() {
int len = sizeof(pos_list)/sizeof(pos_list[0]);
for(int i=0; i<len; i++){
pos_list[i] = ' ';
}
};