Re: Strange string stuff -- maybe everything is ending...
| From: | Tedd Sperling | Date: | Sat, 22 Dec 2012 16:50:16 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Strange string stuff -- maybe everything is ending... | ||
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On Dec 21, 2012, at 8:06 PM, Jim Giner <jim.giner@albanyhandball.com> wrote:
>> That actually makes sense tho. Afterall, a string is truly only one memory allocation
>> whereas array elements are basically multiple vars having the same name. So - how can you unset one
>> char in a string?
It depends upon the language -- while it is true that the start of a string is located at a memory
address, the chars of the string are identical to the chars in an array. As such, you can view a
string as an array. Each index is representative of a char (one byte) in the string.
Cheers,
tedd
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