Passing a string literal as a function parameter defined as a pointer

Question

I am reading the chapter on arrays and pointers in Kernighan and Richie\'s The C Programming Language.

They give the example:

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Answer 1

Note that:

• A pointer is (basically) a value pointing to a memory address.
• A static string like "hello, word" is stored somewhere in memory

So, a pointer could as easily simply point to a static string as to any other (dynamical) structure that is stored in memory (like an array of characters). There is really no difference with the other provided examples.