The difference between string pointer and character array

Character arrays and character pointer variables can be used to store and operate strings. But there is a difference between the two. You should pay attention to the following issues when using it:

1. The string pointer variable itself is a variable used to store the first address of the string. The string itself is stored in a continuous memory space headed by the first address and ends with ‘

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  #include<iostream.h>  
 #include<ctype.h>  
    
   /******************************************************************************/  
  /* 
   *    Convert a string to lower case 
   */  
    
  int strlower(char *string)  
 {  
     if(string==NULL)  
     {  
         return -1;  
     }  
   
     while(*string)  
     {  
         if(isupper(*string))  
             *string=tolower(*string);  
         string++;  
     }  
     *string=&#39;\0&#39;;  
     return 0;  
 }  
 /*char *strlower(char *string) 
 { 
     char    *s; 
  
      
  
     if (string == NULL) { 
         return NULL; 
     } 
  
     s = string; 
     while (*s) { 
         if (isupper(*s)) { 
             *s = (char) tolower(*s); 
         } 
         s++; 
     } 
     *s = &#39;\0&#39;; 
     return string; 
 } 
 */  
   
 void main()  
 {  
     char *test="ABCDEFGhijklmN";  
     strlower(test);  
     cout<<test<<endl;  
 }

其中，如果采用char *test=”ABCDEFGhijklmN”;会产生运行时错误。Char test[]=”ABCDEFGhijklmN”则程序正常运行，原因如前所述。