Strings

Question 1

How do you declare an array?

Answer 1

char string_var[size];

Question 2

Null Character

Answer 2

Character ‘\0’ that marks the end of a string in C.

Question 3

For a given size n, how many characters can a string hold? How are the values of the character locations assigned?

Answer 3

• n-1, since the last charcter is reserved for a null character.
• Locations are defined from 0 to n-1.

Question 4

How do you define an array of strings?

Answer 4

char array_name[array size][string size];

Question 5

How can you initilize an array of strings?

Answer 5

char array_name[array size][string size] = {“string characters”, “string characters”};

Question 6

What placeholder do we use so printf and scanf can handle strings?

Answer 6

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