c - printing int array as string -

i trying print int array %s. not working. ideas why?

#include<stdio.h> main() {     int a[8];      a[0]='a';     a[1]='r';     a[2]='i';     a[3]='g';     a[4]='a';     a[5]='t';     a[6]='o';     a[7] = '\0';      printf("%s", a); } 

it prints a. tried short well, not work.

this because trying print int array, each element has size of 4 byte (4 chars, on 32bit machines @ least). printf() interprets char array first element looks like:
'a' \0 \0 \0
printf(). printf() stops @ first \0 finds, prints 'a'.

use char array instead.