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aznluvsmc · Oct 5th, 2005, 1:40 PM

Sorry to sound like a newbie but why is the string read-only? I thought that you had to use the const modifier to make a variable read-only.

const char *string = "Hello World";

Can someone explain this to me?

Oct 5th, 2005, 1:40 PM	#8
aznluvsmc Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 137 Rep Power: 4	Sorry to sound like a newbie but why is the string read-only? I thought that you had to use the const modifier to make a variable read-only. (Toggle Plain Text) const char string = "Hello World"; const char string = "Hello World"; Can someone explain this to me?