need help with c programming 
Nov 23 2021, 10:26 AM
QUOTE(Grammar Police @ Nov 17 2021, 11:34 PM)
this doesnt work, unless you change
scanf("%i", &n);
n = valuescanf("%i", &n);
&n = address
Think of it as "scan feed into value n" vs "scan feed into address n". Which do you think is correct?
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Is it because char is an array? But shouldnt pointers only be used when there is an array? actually when should you use a pointer?
You will typically use pointers in function parameters to avoid passing the size of the value into the function, using unnecessary memory.
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Also if you want to use string in c, you have to do like char *string, so all strings are secretly arrays?
Yes, its the same in almost any language. Strings are really just an array of chars, or maybe even a linked list.
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Also why is
char *s = "xyz";
printf("%s", s);
this is OK, but
printf("%s", s[1]);
This is NOT ok
and instead need to put the & like this to work
printf("%s", &s[1]);
??
%s is a string, which as you've learnt, is an array of characters, so its expecting a pointer/address. s[1] gives the value, not the address. If you changed %s to %c in printf, s[1] will work.char *s = "xyz";
printf("%s", s);
this is OK, but
printf("%s", s[1]);
This is NOT ok
and instead need to put the & like this to work
printf("%s", &s[1]);
??
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