Thread: Initializing a C String

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    Initializing a C String

    As much as I've read on this one issue, it still confuses the heck out of me.

    If I've got a C String as follows:

    char testString[6];

    Can this be initialized as follows:

    testString = "testin";

    ???

    Can pointers also be used to initialize C Strings?

    Thanks!!

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    You can do that sure just go:
    Code:
    char C_String[15] = "Look at me!"
    Hint-Use code tages


    You can have a pointer to a string, that is how they are passed to functions.

    You could dynamically allocate memory for a string:
    Code:
    char point*
    point = new char[12];
    Hope that helps some.
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    Re: Initializing a C String

    Originally posted by cpluspluser
    As much as I've read on this one issue, it still confuses the heck out of me.

    If I've got a C String as follows:

    char testString[6];

    Can this be initialized as follows:

    testString = "testin";

    ???

    Can pointers also be used to initialize C Strings?

    Thanks!!
    actually, if you wanted to do that, you should declare it as
    Code:
    char teststring[7];
    because the c-string should really be null terminated.

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    another way to declare/initialize a c-string is without including the size when you define it right away:
    Code:
    char myString[] = "hello world!";
    this will make myString 13 elements long with myString[12] being NULL, which is automatically put in the c-string.

    axon

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