printing a char

say I have

char * name ;

how do I print this name?

I tried

fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", name);

but it gives me segmentation fault

What name? It looks like all you have is a pointer to char that is uninitialised.

That's how you would print it, assuming the pointer name actually points to a string. Since it segfaulted, I'm guessing it pointed to New Jersey instead.