Chapter 11

1: What's wrong with this attempted declaration of a character string?
int main(void)
{
   char name[] = {'F', 'e', 's', 's' };
   ...
}
A1: The initialization should include a '/0' if you want the result to be a string. Of course, the alternative syntax adds the null character automatically:
char name[] = "Fess";
2: What will this program print?
#include <stdio.h>
int main(void)
{
   char note[] = "See you at the snack bar.";
   char *ptr;

   ptr = note;
   puts(ptr);
   puts(++ptr);
   note[7] = '\0';
   puts(note);
   puts(++ptr);
   return 0;
}
A2:
See you at the snack bar.
ee you at the snack bar.
See you
e you
3: What will this program print?
 #include <stdio.h> #include <string.h> int main(void) { char food[] = "Yummy"; char *ptr; ptr = food + strlen(food); ...

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