solving default garbage values in c

Question

If we declare a variable in c programming as integer without defining value then printf prints some garbage value from buffer. Is there any method to prevent printing the garbage value?

I want to check if something can be done at compile time? if possible?

Answer 1

Yes. Initialise the variable.

Answer 2

Wikipedia says the following:

In computing, an uninitialized variable is a variable that is declared but is not set to a definite known value before it is used. It will have some value, but not a predictable one. As such it is a programming error and a common source of bugs in software

So initialize it to a default value.