Arrays and pointers

Thanks.

how do i use printf to print a char *ptr
 when i use printf("ptr is = %s",ptr) I get segmentation fault

 

Like ekc said:

Don't forget to allocate memory for the
char *ptr;

One alternative is to try
printf("ptr is = %s\0",ptr)

but this statement is dangerous.  It may yield unpredictable result in your program.

What ekc says is right,
you are not clear about difference between a pointer and an array.
an array is an implicit constant pointer pointing to some memmory location,and an explicit pointer(char *ptr in your case) contain some junc address,so if you try to use ptr without allocating memmory then it may cause a memmory problem,
Read the book
"Understanding Pointer's in C"

  Here is your complete solution. We can say extension to ekc

#include<stdio.h>
#include<string.h>
#include<malloc.h>

void main()
{
char *ptr;
char *ptr1;
char ptr2[10];

ptr = (char*)malloc(strlen(ptr2)+1);

strcpy(ptr," Hello ");
strcpy(ptr2,ptr);

printf(" %s ",ptr);
}

amulya,check you code you have totally three pointers,you wanted to print ptr1(but you never allocated memmory for it nor you have copied anyhting...its un altered)

From Your Code...

Char *ptr;
Char *ptr1;
Char ptr2[10];
>>Strcpy(ptr,?HELLO?);// Illegal
// so do something like this..
ptr = (char *)malloc(sizeof(char) * 6);
strcpy(ptr,"Hello");


>>When I do strcpy(ptr2,ptr) Now both ptr1 and ptr2 have ?HELLO?// how can ptr1 have "Hello";

i think you mistyped it should be,
strcpy(ptr1,ptr);//but still its illegal hence
//do something like this,
ptr1 = (char *)malloc(sizeof(ptr)+ 1);
strcpy(ptr1,ptr);
strcpy(ptr2,ptr);//will work fine as it already has memmory

Your Complete Program

Char *ptr;
Char *ptr1;
Char ptr2[10];
ptr = (char *)malloc(sizeof(char) * 6);
strcpy(ptr,"Hello");ptr1 = (char *)malloc(sizeof(ptr)+ 1);
strcpy(ptr1,ptr);
strcpy(ptr2,ptr);
printf("\nptr1=%s\nptr2=%s\nptr3=%s",ptr1,ptr2,ptr3);  

where r u amulya

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