I know this is a very basic question. I am confused as to why and how are the following different.
char str[] = "Test";
char *str = "Test";
I know this is a very basic question. I am confused as to why
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I know this is a very basic question. I am confused as to why and how are the following different.
char str[] = "Test";
char *str = "Test";
Is an array of
chars, initialized with the contents from “Test”, whileis a pointer to the literal (const) string “Test”.
The main difference between them is that the first is an array and the other one is a pointer. The array owns its contents, which happen to be a copy of
"Test", while the pointer simply refers to the contents of the string (which in this case is immutable).