Problems with "char*"... Please help

I have some troubles with char * (pointer to char)...

#1. Is the declaration

// codes
char* psz = "SAMPLE 1";
// end of codes

is equivalent to

// codes
char psz[] = "SAMPLE 1";
// end of codes

?

#2. And are the following codes bad ?

// codes
char* psz;
psz = "SAMPLE 2";
// end of codes

The second codes (#2) seem to write data on out-of-services area, don't they ?

Thanks in advance for your helps.

Regards.

> char* psz = "SAMPLE 1";
> char psz[] = "SAMPLE 1";

These are coding technically the same thing. The addressing in memory is different.

> char* psz;
> psz = "SAMPLE 2";

Works fine. You set the pointer psz to point to the begin of the constant c-style string.