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Initializing Strings
In C, strings are simply arrays of characters. You use double quotes for strings and single quotes for individual characters.
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char greeting[] = "Hello";char singleLetter = 'A';
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char greeting[] = "Hello";
Creates a character array that holds the string 'Hello' plus a hidden null terminator.
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char singleLetter = 'A';
Stores exactly one character in a char variable using single quotes.