Joachim Schmitz wrote:
> CBFalconer wrote:
>> Chad wrote:
>>>
>> ... snip ...
>>>
>>> Maybe I'm not thinking this through enough, but I REALLY don't
>>> see the difference between
>>>
>> ... snip ...
>>>
>>> Versus something like
>>>
>>> #include <stdio.h>
>>> int main (void) {
>>> char str[] = "Aamit";
>>> *str='R';
>>> puts(str);
>>> return 0;
>>> }
>>
>> The difference is between:
>>
>> char *str = "Aamit"; /* 1 */
>> and
>> char str[] = "Aamit"; /* 2 */
>>
>> in /* 1 */ str is a char pointer to a non-modifiable string. In /*
>> 2 */ str is a fully modifiable 6 char array, holding "Aamit\0".
>
> Read again. Chad was using char str[] in both cases, his only
> difference was printf vs. puts

That was in his last manual copy of the original problem. The

char* = "constant";

was the actual problem.
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