char src[] = "hello world #"; is an automatic variable (char array)
which is both read and write.
char *other = "hello world #"; is a char * (which points to a string)
of text allocated in the program's text (Data/BSS) area which is read
only.
On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 8:52 PM, Fundu <fundu_1999@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> i'm trying to do pretty simple replacement using strtok.
> but it looks like i have missed some subtle difference between the two following
>
> char src[] = "hello world #";
> char *other = "hello world #";
>
> because if i use "char * other" with strtok it fails with bus error but i use src it works, don't understand what's the difference.
>
> here's the code for strtok.
> char delims[] = "#";
> char *result = NULL;
> // this works
> result = strtok( src, delims );
> // this doesnot work and give a bus error
> // result = strtok(other, delims);
> while( result != NULL ) {
> printf( "result is \"%s\"\n", result );
> result = strtok( NULL, delims );
> }
>
> what am i missing here ? i thought both way of declaration(mentioned above ) were the same apparently the r not, whats the diff ?
>
> any insight would be appreciated, TIA!
>
>
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