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taken from Chapter 8 - steve summit online c tutorial.

Code:

   char string5[20] = "Hello, ";

taken from Common Programming Problems in C wiki


10: Declaring a string with a fixed size and then assigning it to a string literal:

Code:

   char a[256] = "This doesn't work!";

How does it "not work?" What is the error? What compiler are you using?

Of course it does.

Please next time actually ask a specific question. I suppose you are asking which of the two conflicting statements is true? Well, Steve Summit is correct. That "Common Programming Problems in C" thing is wrong. If you got it from this website: A Little C Primer/Common Programming Problems in C - Wikibooks, open books for an open world, never, ever go there again for advice. Whoever wrote that is full of !&@#*# and doesn't know what they're talking about.

Sorry, maybe I should have been more explicit. The first line of code is from steve's tutorial, the second is from the online wiki ' Common Programming Problems in C '.

It's number 10 in their list.

This is not intended to be rude, but you might get better results if you review this:
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way

It doesn't cover DEFENSIVE questions which people ask when they think there is a possibility they have missed something so blindingly obvious that the question is in fact completely and utterly stupid.

But point taken for future reference.

In that case, a person should just be clear that they might be missing something obvious. Coupled while the advice from that link, they will have a much better chance of receiving positive responses.

Happy coding!