Re: 1st element of "an array of CHAR strings"
"Old Wolf" <oldwolf@inspire.net.nz> wrote in message
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On Apr 2, 1:30 am, "Jim Langston" <tazmas...@rocketmail.com> wrote:
"arnuld" <geek.arn...@gmail.com> wrote in message
const char* arr[] = {"bjarne", "stroustrup", "c++"};
const char* parr = &arr;
If you want your char* to point to the first element in the array,
then do that.
char* const parr = arr[0];
Firstly, this is an error because arr[0] is pointer to const char,
but 'parr' points to non-const char.
Supposing you fix that, then 'parr' does not point to the first
element in the array. In fact it points to the same string literal
as the first element in the array points to.
Arg. You're right. I actually put the code into my compiler and tested to
make sure that
const char** parr = arr;
would work, but didnt' think to check the other case. My bad.
Do you want parr to point to the array of char pointers? Then you need a
pointer to a char pointer.
const char** parr = arr;
This code makes 'parr' point to the first element of 'arr'.
Yes. And incremeting arr (or arr[1]) would make it point to the 2nd element
of arr.
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