diff --git a/IDEHelper/Compiler/BfExprEvaluator.cpp b/IDEHelper/Compiler/BfExprEvaluator.cpp
index 9a1a4afa..b14fb4f6 100644
--- a/IDEHelper/Compiler/BfExprEvaluator.cpp
+++ b/IDEHelper/Compiler/BfExprEvaluator.cpp
@@ -3942,9 +3942,11 @@ void BfExprEvaluator::GetLiteral(BfAstNode* refNode, const BfVariant& variant)
 		if ((mExpectingType != NULL) && (mExpectingType->IsSizedArray()))
 		{
 			auto sizedArray = (BfSizedArrayType*)mExpectingType;
-
 			if (sizedArray->mElementType == mModule->GetPrimitiveType(BfTypeCode_Char8))
 			{
+				if (sizedArray->IsUndefSizedArray())
+					sizedArray = mModule->CreateSizedArrayType(sizedArray->mElementType, variant.mString->GetLength());
+
 				if (variant.mString->GetLength() > sizedArray->mElementCount)
 				{
 					mModule->Fail(StrFormat("String literal is too long to fit into '%s'", mModule->TypeToString(sizedArray).c_str()), refNode);
diff --git a/IDEHelper/Compiler/BfModuleTypeUtils.cpp b/IDEHelper/Compiler/BfModuleTypeUtils.cpp
index 34684377..b00bf11e 100644
--- a/IDEHelper/Compiler/BfModuleTypeUtils.cpp
+++ b/IDEHelper/Compiler/BfModuleTypeUtils.cpp
@@ -14006,6 +14006,40 @@ BfIRValue BfModule::CastToValue(BfAstNode* srcNode, BfTypedValue typedVal, BfTyp
 				}
 			}
 		}
+		else if (toType->IsSizedArray())
+		{			
+			auto sizedArray = (BfSizedArrayType*)toType;
+			if (sizedArray->mElementType == GetPrimitiveType(BfTypeCode_Char8))
+			{
+				int stringId = GetStringPoolIdx(typedVal.mValue, mBfIRBuilder);
+				if (stringId >= 0)
+				{
+					BfStringPoolEntry* entry = NULL;
+					if (mContext->mStringObjectIdMap.TryGetValue(stringId, &entry))
+					{
+						String& string = entry->mString;
+						
+						if (string.GetLength() > sizedArray->mElementCount)
+						{
+							if (!ignoreErrors)
+								Fail(StrFormat("String literal is too long to fit into '%s'", TypeToString(sizedArray).c_str()), srcNode);
+						}
+
+						Array<BfIRValue> charValues;
+						for (int i = 0; i < (int)BF_MIN(string.GetLength(), sizedArray->mElementCount); i++)
+						{
+							char c = string[i];
+							charValues.Add(mBfIRBuilder->CreateConst(BfTypeCode_Char8, (int)(uint8)c));
+						}
+
+						if (sizedArray->mElementCount > charValues.size())
+							charValues.Add(mBfIRBuilder->CreateConst(BfTypeCode_Char8, 0));
+
+						return mBfIRBuilder->CreateConstAgg(mBfIRBuilder->MapType(sizedArray), charValues);
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	// Check user-defined operators
diff --git a/IDEHelper/Compiler/BfStmtEvaluator.cpp b/IDEHelper/Compiler/BfStmtEvaluator.cpp
index 28ef11cd..2b379691 100644
--- a/IDEHelper/Compiler/BfStmtEvaluator.cpp
+++ b/IDEHelper/Compiler/BfStmtEvaluator.cpp
@@ -1750,6 +1750,17 @@ BfLocalVariable* BfModule::HandleVariableDeclaration(BfVariableDeclaration* varD
 				BfExprEvaluator valExprEvaluator(this);
 				valExprEvaluator.mAllowReadOnlyReference = isReadOnly;
 				initValue = CreateValueFromExpression(valExprEvaluator, varDecl->mInitializer, expectedType, (BfEvalExprFlags)(BfEvalExprFlags_NoCast | BfEvalExprFlags_AllowRefExpr | BfEvalExprFlags_VariableDeclaration));
+				
+				if ((initValue) && (resolvedType->IsUndefSizedArray()))
+				{
+					int stringId = GetStringPoolIdx(initValue.mValue, mBfIRBuilder);
+					if (stringId >= 0)
+					{
+						BfStringPoolEntry* entry = NULL;
+						if (mContext->mStringObjectIdMap.TryGetValue(stringId, &entry))
+							resolvedType = CreateSizedArrayType(((BfSizedArrayType*)resolvedType)->mElementType, entry->mString.mLength);
+					}
+				}
 
 				auto boolType = GetPrimitiveType(BfTypeCode_Boolean);
 
diff --git a/IDEHelper/Tests/src/Strings.bf b/IDEHelper/Tests/src/Strings.bf
index ce189508..2e00fd44 100644
--- a/IDEHelper/Tests/src/Strings.bf
+++ b/IDEHelper/Tests/src/Strings.bf
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ namespace Tests
 {
 	class Strings
 	{
+		const String cString = "Abc";
+
 		static void FormatString(String outString, String format, params Object[] args)
 		{
 			outString.AppendF(format, params args);
@@ -32,6 +34,11 @@ namespace Tests
 			StringView sv = "Abcd";
 			sv.Length--;
 			Test.Assert(sv == "Abc");
+
+			char8[?] arr0 = "Abcd";
+			char8[?] arr1 = cString;
+			Test.Assert(arr0.Count == 4);
+			Test.Assert(arr1.Count == 3);
 		}
 	}
 }