char string[10];

string = "Hello";

> C++ may understand that line, but normal C will not.  If you want to copy
a
> string, you need to use the strcpy function (the prototype will be found
in
> string.h).

No: "C++" will _not_ understand it either. C++ handles char arrays the same
as C does. C++ does have a string class, which you would use like this:

    string   mystring;
    mystring = "Hello";

Note that 'string' is the data type of 'mystring'.

>  The line you wrote will probably just
> assign a pointer to string to point into ROM, leaving the original 10
bytes
> reserved for string lost.

No: 'string' is an array reference, which is, in most contexts, treated as a
constant pointer (ie: one which cannot be changed). The compiler should
generate an error on the assignment.

Bob Ammerman
RAm Systems
(contract development of high performance, high function, low-level
software)

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