This gives error:
int len;
scanf("%d",&len);
char str[len]="";
This also gives error:
int len=5;
char str[len]="";
But this works fine:
int len=5;
char str[len]; //so the problem lies with assignment not declaration
You need to put value in the following way:
str[0]='a';
str[1]='b'; //like that; and not like str="ab";