Thread: C Programming basics

Guys,

what's the main difference between a char and a string in C / C++?

There are a LOT of implementations of strings in c++. The best way to think of a character is a single point in memory that has a character in it, like 'A'.
When strings are implemented in c (or sometimes c++) you have multiple points in memory where each point contains a character.

Imagine a 1-d matrix/array of characters
char *str1 = "abcde\0" = [a][b][c][d][e][\0]
char str2[5] = [a][b][c][d][e][\0]
char ch = 'a' = [a]
^
*Pseudocode*

C++ generally has managed strings that will allocate memory, free memory and give you more control over the string but the underlying concept is the same.