C Strings

A string in C is a one dimensional array of characters terminated by a null character i.e '\0'.

Declaration and Initialization

char name[] = "John";

char name[5] = "John";

char name[] = { 'J', 'o', 'h', 'n', '\0'};

char name[5] = { 'J', 'o', 'h', 'n', '\0'};

#include <stdio.h>

int main () {

   char name[5] = {'J', 'o', 'h', 'n', '\0'};

   printf("My name is: %s\n", name );

   return 0;

}