Subj : Re: Local character strings
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : Ray Sittig
Date : Mon Sep 26 2005 10:31 am

Thomas & Bob,

Thank you for the feedback.
It's now clear that char* my_variable != char my_variable[].
There's an exam question here...
Modified program below.

>>> snip >>>

#include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>

int main(void);
void PrintText(int version);

int main()
{
PrintText(2);
PrintText(1);
PrintText(2);
printf( "\nPlease press '1' to continue.\n");
while (true)
  {
  if (getche() == '1')
    break;
  }
return 0;
}

void PrintText(int version)
{
// array not the same as a pointer
// array on stack, initialized with each call
// pointer to string literal initialized once globally ?
char  MyTextArray[]        = "2 Array[]";
char* MyTextPointer        = "2 Pointer";
if (version == 1)
 MyTextArray[0] = MyTextPointer[0] = '1';
printf("Version %d\n", version);
printf("%s\n%s\n", MyTextArray, MyTextPointer);
printf("\n");
}

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