Chapter 6Strings
C does not have a specific data type for strings. Instead, in C programs, strings are arrays of characters (char). A string can include alphabet characters, digits, spaces, and symbols. Strings can be created by putting characters between double quotations. For example,
“Hello”
“The C language”
“write 2 programs”
“symbols $%# can be part of a string”
The examples are string constants: their data cannot be edited. Often string variables are preferable to store strings whose values may change. For example, a program may ask a user to enter a name. The programmer does not know the user's name in advance, and thus cannot use any constant. From the program's point of view, the name is a string variable ...
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