storing elements

Storage for Strings in C

In C, a string can be referred either using a character pointer or as a character array.

Strings as character arrays

char str[4] = "GfG"; /*One extra for string terminator*/ /*    OR    */ char str[4] = {‘G’, ‘f’, ‘G’, '\0'}; /* '\0' is string terminator */

When strings are declared as character arrays, they are stored like other types of arrays in C. For example, if str[] is an auto variable then string is stored in stack segment, if it’s a global or static variable then stored in data segment, etc.