char <array/string name> [max. number of characters to be stored +1];
The number of elements that can be stored in a string is always n-1, if the size of the array specified is n. This is because 1 byte is reserved for the NULL character '\0' i.e. backslash zero. A string is always terminated with the NULL character.
Example:
char str[80];
In the above example, str can be used to store a string with 79 characters.
Initializing a string
A string can be initialized to a constant value when it is declared.
char str[ ] = "Good";
Or
char str[]={'G','o','o','d','\0'};
Here. 'G' will be stored in str[0], 'o' in str[1] and so on.
Reading strings with/without blanks
To read a string without blanks cin can be used
cin>>str;
To read a string with blanks cin.getline() or gets() can be used.
cin.getline(str,80);
-Or-
gets(str);
Printing strings
cout and puts() can be used to print a string.
cout<<str:
Or
puts(str);
C++ and C
Are they same?
If no then why?
C
C++
C was developed by Dennis Ritchie between 1969 and 1973 at AT&T Bell Labs.
C++ was developed by Bjarne Stroustrup in 1979 with C++'s predecessor "C with Classes".
When compared to C++, C is a subset of C++.
C++ is a superset of C. C++ can run most of C code while C cannot run C++ code.
For now you need only this to work.
C
#include <stdio.h>
int main() {
printf("Hello World");
return 0;
}
#include <stdio.h>
int main() {
printf("Hello World");
return 0;
}
