Question

This may sound very silly and stupid.I am tyring to understand the difference between

char *token[32];

and

char token[32];

char token[32] declares token to be character array that can contain 32 characters.

In case of char *token[32],token holds 32 character pointers.What does these pointers point to? Or more specifically it is the responsibility of the user to allocate memory for what the pointers point to.?

Answer 1

char *token[32];

is an array of 32 char pointers. i.e. The array can be used as:

token[0]=p1;
token[1]=p2;
.....

where p1 and p2 can be of char[] or char* type.

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