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Pointers to Character Strings

• C++ inherits a more primitive level of string handling from the C language, in which strings are represented as arrays of char values.
• We don't recommend that you use character pointers or arrays in your programs, but you occasionally need to interface with functions that receive or return char* values.

  char s[] = "Harry";
  

  s[0]	s[1]	s[2]	s[3]	s[4]	s[5]
  'H'	'a'	'r'	'r'	'y'	'\0'

• Literal strings are stored inside char arrays.

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