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    copied!<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1704407/what-is-the-difference-between-char-s-and-char-s-in-c">What is the difference between char s[] and char *s in C?</a><br> <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2938895/difference-between-char-a-string-char-p-string">Difference between char a[]=&ldquo;string&rdquo;; char *p=&ldquo;string&rdquo;;</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>Firstly, i would like to ask where can i learn all the basics of char* and char[].</p> <p>Most of the time i find myself struggling with how to compare and how to declare.</p> <p><strong>Example 1 :</strong></p> <pre><code> char *test = "hello world"; </code></pre> <p>This will produce the following warning at compilation : </p> <pre><code> warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to ‘char*’ </code></pre> <p><strong>Example 2 :</strong></p> <pre><code> vector&lt;char*&gt; test2; test2.push_back("hello world"); </code></pre> <p>This will produce an error of copying a string.</p> <p>So the solution i come up with is :</p> <p>(is this correct?)</p> <pre><code> vector&lt;char*&gt; test3; char *str1 = "hello world" test3.push_back(str1); </code></pre> <p>Thanks in advance! :)</p> <p>============================================</p> <p>Two good reads provided by people here :</p> <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1704407/what-is-the-difference-between-char-s-and-char-s-in-c">What is the difference between char s[] and char *s?</a></p> <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2938895/difference-between-char-a-string-char-p-string">Difference between char a[]=&quot;string&quot;; char *p=&quot;string&quot;;</a></p>
 

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