[Dev-C++] Invalid initializer for an array

Why do I get an "invalid initializer" message for the following line in my 
program?

	int distribution[5] = (0);

It seems the only thing that works to initialize an array is a "for" 
statement.  Does anyone have an answer?  The above line is by the book and 
should work.  Or is this a software bug?  Some how I doubt that.

Richard Evans