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Quuely
Quuely

Reputation: 1

Don't understand the logic of const char*?

const char* str = &text; // that's how I was taught.

Why do we initialize const char* with a string and not a ref?

How is it that we initialize the pointer with a string of the "string" type and not with a & ref?

const char* str = "text"; // After all, should the pointer type be initialized with a reference or not?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 187

Answers (1)

eerorika
eerorika

Reputation: 238381

How is it that we initialize the pointer with a string

A string literal is an array of characters. All arrays will implicitly convert to a pointer to first element of the array. Thus, an array of characters will implicitly convert to a pointer to a character.

Upvotes: 1

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