It is also easy to assign literals at declaration, similar to arrays:

• It is also easy to assign literals at declaration, similar to arrays:

  char* string_pointer= "A string";
  

• The assignment operator may be used at any time after declaration to make one char pointer equal to another.

• Attempts to assign one array to another, or to assign a string literal to an array after declaration will lead to compiler errors. Both of these operators are legal with pointers.

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