newbie

void main()
{
int arr[4]={1,2,3,4};
cout<<arr;
char abc[4]="hel";
cout<<abc;
}


stupid Question..but still.. I wanna know why cout<<arr displays the address of the starting element of the array while cout<<abc displays the contents of the array??.. I mean shudnt all arrays have uniform features ?..kinda confusing fr beginers

This is because an array of char is interpreted as a string. An array of int is not, so it outputs the starting address of the array.

Corned Bee is right, you have to loop through the integer array to print out each values of arr. The << operator defaults to printing out characters, strings,..(simple data structures). You will get to "operator overloading" in which you can make the statement cout<<arr print the integer array.