strings or character arrays

which are better to use? strings or character arrays.

My program involves setting locations that must be described using words.

Code:

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sensor *X = new sensor("On", "Near the back porch window");

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right now i am using character arrays, but i am thinking of just using string, any opinions?

strings are easier to manage. You don't have to worry about buffer overflows or memory management with them, and I highly doubt that string manipulation is going to be a bottleneck in your code, so I'd say, go for the string class.

yeah that's what I was thinking, i just wanted someone else to confirm this, thanks silent.