How to create a string-type variable in C

Question

Question

How to declare a string variable in C?

Background

In my quest to learn the basics of c, I am trying to port on

Answer 1

It's easy!

Just put this line below, atop of your main() function.

typedef string char*;

This allows you to create a string variable as you do with integers or characters in C. After that, your program should look like this:

#include 

typedef char* string;

int main(void) {
    string a = "Hello";
    printf("%s\n", a);  // %s format specifier for String
    return 0;
}

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