Question

What type of initialization is needed for the segment “ptr[3] = ‘3’;” to work?

(a) char *ptr = “Hello!”;

(b) char ptr[] = “Hello!”;

(c) both char *ptr = “Hello!”; and char ptr[] = “Hello!”;

(d) none of the mentioned

This question was posed to me in examination.

The origin of the question is Character Pointers and Functions in portion Pointers and Arrays in C of C

Answer 1

The correct choice is (b) char ptr[] = “Hello!”;

The explanation: None.