This code is giving me a segmentation fault at run time.
char *str = "HELLO";
str[0] = str[2];
Please can anyone tell me why?
This code is giving me a segmentation fault at run time. char *str =
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This code is giving me a segmentation fault at run time.
char *str = "HELLO";
str[0] = str[2];
Please can anyone tell me why?
Standard does not allow modifying a string literal. The string is stored in a readonly segment of the program, for example in linux, it is stored in the
.rodatasection of the executable which cannot be written.