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Here is an example code:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-meta\">#<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">include<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">&lt;stdio.h&gt;<\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-type\">int<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title function_\">main<\/span><span class=\"hljs-params\">()<\/span> {\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-type\">int<\/span> arr[<span class=\"hljs-number\">5<\/span>] = {<span class=\"hljs-number\">1<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">2<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">3<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">4<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">5<\/span>};\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-type\">int<\/span> i;\r\n\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">for<\/span> (i = <span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span>; i &lt; <span class=\"hljs-number\">5<\/span>; i++) {\r\n        arr[i] = <span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span>;\r\n    }\r\n\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">printf<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Array elements after clearing: \"<\/span>);\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">for<\/span> (i = <span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span>; i &lt; <span class=\"hljs-number\">5<\/span>; i++) {\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">printf<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"%d \"<\/span>, arr[i]);\r\n    }\r\n\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">return<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span>;\r\n}\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the example code above, we start by defining an array named &#8216;arr&#8217; with 5 elements. 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