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From: markg@amd.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: static variables
Message-ID: <4077@amd.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 4-Jun-87 19:47:49 EDT
Article-I.D.: amd.4077
Posted: Thu Jun  4 19:47:49 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 6-Jun-87 11:42:06 EDT
References: <7653@brl-adm.ARPA> <4064@amd.UUCP> <183@inco.UUCP>
Reply-To: markg@amd.UUCP (Mark Gorlinsky)
Organization: Advanced Micro Devices
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In article <183@inco.UUCP> mack@inco.UUCP (Dave Mack) writes:
-In article <4064@amd.UUCP>, markg@amd.UUCP (Mark Gorlinsky) writes:
-> In article <7653@brl-adm.ARPA> jfjr@mitre-bedford.arpa writes:
-> >
-> >Are character strings local to a function static??
-> 
-> Yes!!!!!!!!!
-> 
-I disagree. A static variable retains its value between function
-calls, while an initialized local variable is reinitialized on
-each call to the function. Try this code to see what I mean:
>	char *s = "Hello";
>	static char *s2 = "World!";
>
> Dave Mack  (from Mack's Bedroom :<)
> McDonnell Douglas-Inco, Inc.

You are comparing apples to oranges or is that pointers to strings.

Re-read the the orginial article.

One question was, "Are character strings local to a function static??"
The answer is YES!!!  If you're not sure why, read K&R pg 80.

The other question asked, "is some_string static?", is NO.  

Read carefully. Thank you.

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