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hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii frnds ,
Have u ever used a string literal in destination place in C strcpy()- it s not an error actually - I want to know what actually happens ??

char str1[]="testing C";
strcpy("wanna join",str1);
Sep 11 '07 #1
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hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii frnds ,
Have u ever used a string literal in destination place in C strcpy()- it s not an error actually - I want to know what actually happens ??

char str1[]="testing C";
strcpy("wanna join",str1);

i think most probably the string "testting c" gets copied to an unknown memory location where "wanna join " was initially stored... only way of accessing this string wud be to know the exact hexadecimal address ..

experts plz correct me if i am wrong
Sep 11 '07 #2
JosAH
11,448 Expert 8TB
Trying to write to a literal string induced undefined behaviour; literal strings are
not guaranteed to be writable.

kind regards,

Jos
Sep 11 '07 #3

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