Can you explain me...??

can you explain one primitive thing ???
i dont understand this:

Code:

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char * cp;
cp = "Ahoj";

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?? when i want to create a pointer to int's array, i write : int * iP[10], but when i want to create char's array (string), i use char * cP only. I hope that what i said here is right......o:)

When you put "sggrs" (or any other constant string) into your source, it is put as part of the final .EXE file in a static buffer. This means that:

Code:

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char *pcStr; // Pointer variable
pcStr = "hello"; // Assign to static variable in memory

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The compiler doesn't need to allocate any extra memory for it, since it's already there.

int * iP[10]
is an array of pointers to ints. while
int * iP = new int[10]
is a pointer to a int array.

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Originally posted by parksie

Code:

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char *pcStr; // Pointer variable
pcStr = "hello"; // Assign to static variable in memory

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Can i change this later, or is pcStr constant?

You can change pcStr, but then you lose the pointer to that data. It's not a memory leak because it's static data anyway.