Can you initialize only a few members of a C array already in your definition?

Question

I know you can do this:

int a[5] = { 0, 3, 8, 0, 5 };

or

int a[5];
a[1] = 3;
a[2] = 8;
a[4] = 5;

Can you do the same in just one line, already in the definition? IE, you can initialize only a few elements?

Answer 1

There’s a syntax for this:

int a[5] = { [1] = 3, [2] = 8, [4] = 5 };

I put in the Github for future reference.

It can even be in any order. This syntax is the same as making the assignment after the declaration.