The appended piece of code produces garbage values periodically. Can someone help me fix this?

Question

void updateStatusSentence()
{
char statusArray[17] = "";
int currentStatus = 7;
statusArray[0] = 'A';
statusArray[1] = (currentStatus/1)%10 + 48;
int bladeSpeed = 1;
statusArray[5] = ((bladeSpeed/10)%10) + 48; statusArray[6] = ((bladeSpeed/1)%10)+ 48;
int temperature = 359;
statusArray[2] = ((temperature/100)%10)+ 48; statusArray[3] = ((temperature/10)%10)+ 48; statusArray[4] = ((temperature/1)%10)+ 48;
int weight = 0;
statusArray[11] = ((weight/1000)%10)+ 48; statusArray[12] = ((weight/100)%10)+ 48;
statusArray[13] = ((weight/10)%10)+ 48;
statusArray[14] = ((weight/1)%10)+ 48;
int currentTime = 1114;
statusArray[7] = ((currentTime/1000)%10+ 48); statusArray[8] = ((currentTime/100)%10)+ 48; statusArray[9] = ((currentTime/10)%10)+ 48; statusArray[10] = ((currentTime/1)%10)+ 48; statusArray[15] = 'B';
statusArray[16] = '\0';
for (int i = 0; i < 17; i++)
{
Serial.print(statusArray[i]);
}
}

Answer 1

This code must be for an Arduino. Though I have no experience with Arduinos, I can suggest ideas to try.

It appears that it should print A73590111140000B<null> to the serial port. If you want to send the bytes exactly as they are, then it is recommended to use Serial.write(). I think you could replace the loop with Serial.write(statusArray, 17);.

From the code alone I see no cause for the corruption. It is likely an issue with the receiving terminal dropping bits, which may be a hardware issue such as an improperly-wired serial cable (CTS/RTS not connected, no RF shielding, floating ground, cable too long). Otherwise there could be a software issue such as mismatched serial port parameters (start/stop bits, parity, data size, handshaking) or memory corruption from another routine.