Playing out the string
Susan had some questions about these objectives. Here's the discussion.
Susan: What is the difference between literal C strings and variables of the string class?
Steve: A variable of the string class is what you've been using to store variable-length alphanumeric data. You can copy them, input them from the keyboard, assign values to them, and the like. By contrast, a literal C string is just a bunch of characters in a row; all you can do with it is display it or assign it to a string variable.
Susan: Okay, then you are saying that variables of the string class are what I am used to working with, but I just didn't know that they were part of a class because you were keeping this all a big secret. On the other hand, a literal ...
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