[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 09/16/2004 10:41:01 AM:
> On Wed, Sep 15, 2004 at 05:33:20PM -0400, Srinivasan Krishnan wrote:
>
> > > Though apparently C99 makes the differences between pointers and
> > > arrays more explicit.
> >
> > K & R zindabad!
>
> Errr ... why's that?
>
> Sameer.
pointers and arrays are different in the sense that an array cannot be
asigned a new value. Look at the following piece of code for explanation:
int a[20];
int* b;
int c=10;
main()
{
b = &c; /*it's valid*/
a = &c; /*it's invalid, as a is constant and cannot be
asigned a new value*/
}
I hope that helps.
Cheers,
-Manu
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http://manugarg.freezope.org
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