C++ - char* vs. string*

Question

If I have a pointer that points to a string variable array of chars, is there a difference between typing:

char *name = \"name\";

Answer 1

C++ string class is encapsulating of char C-like string. It is a much more convenient (http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/string/string/).

for legacy you always can "extract" char pointer from string variable to deal with it as char pointer:

    char * cstr;
    string str ("Please split this phrase into tokens");
    cstr = new char [str.size()+1];
    strcpy (cstr, str.c_str());    //here str.c_str() generate null terminated char* pointer
    //str.data() is equivalent, but without null on end