Thread: Why does a char pointer store a string directly while a pointer stores a memory addr

In C programming, pointers is variable that hold memory addresses of another variable. However, the way pointers work with different data types can be confusing for me

Code:

#include <stdio.h>#include <stdlib.h>


int main() {
    // Assigning a string to the pointer 'y'
    char *y = "abcd"; // confued in this line
    printf("%s\n", y); // Output: "abcd"


    // Assigning a value of 10 to the pointer 'x'
    int num = 10; // Define an integer variable 'num'
    int *x = &num; // 'x' points to the address of the integer variable 'num'
    printf("%d\n", *x); // Output: 10


    return 0;

}

I understand that a string in C is an array of characters,I'm curious to know the underlying reason and the logic behind this distinction. If anyone could shed some light on this topic, I'd greatly appreciate it