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Subject: C question
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Date: Wed, 16-Jul-86 15:48:37 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 16 15:48:37 1986
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What is the difference between:

extern	char	*A;

and

extern	char	A[];

If you do: printf("A=%s\n",A);
the first causes a core dump, the second works.

I thought pointers and arrays were equivalent?

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