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From: enag@ifi.uio.no (Erik Naggum)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Difference between "char *arr" and "char arr[]"
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Date: 23 Sep 90 21:11:12 GMT
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In-Reply-To: kuan@iris.ucdavis.edu's message of 22 Sep 90 03:23:35 GMT
Originator: enag@hild

Let me venture a concise explanation to this difference:

	extern char *arr	declares an object, containing a
				pointer to a character

	extern char arr[]	declares a constant pointer to a
				character

Hope this helps.
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