Pointers to Strings in C

Strings are character arrays terminated by null character. Pointer to a single string may be declared in the same way as the pointer to a one-dimensional array.

char Name[] = “Dinesh”;

char *ptrname ;

ptrname = Name;

Though the declaration and initialization of a pointer to a string is similar to that of a pointer to an array, the difference lies in the input/output. String may be taken as a single object for input and output and its characters may also be treated like elements of an array.

Illustrates pointer to strings

#include<stdio.h> 
 int main() 
 { 
   char Name[] = "Dinesh"; 
   char* ptrname = Name; 
   clrscr(); 
   printf("Name = %s\n",Name); 
   printf("Name via ptrname = %s\n", ptrname); 
   return 0; 
 }