C String

Description

String constants consist of text enclosed in double quotes A string is a character array. All strings end with the NULL character.

Example

#include <stdio.h>
/*from w ww  .j  a v  a 2  s . c om*/
int main(void)
{
  printf("The character");
  return 0;
}

The code above generates the following result.

Example 2

A string is an array of characters.

#include <stdio.h>
/*from   w w  w .ja v a  2 s. com*/
int main(){
   char myname[] = "Dan";

   printf("%s \n",myname);
}

The code above generates the following result.

Write string in a more traditional array style

#include <stdio.h>
//  w w  w.j  a va 2s .  co m
int main(){

    char myname[] = { 'D', 'a', 'n' };

    printf("%s \n",myname);
}

The code above generates the following result.