What is the difference between a string and array.

Question

c# c++

Answer 1

String Array holds {"multiple", "elements"};

String holds one "string value";

Answer 2

Arrays are not strings
The fact that string variable can have indexers does not make a string a array.

I loved the explanation in the c# tutorial
Array & strings -> working with strings

string mystring = "hello world";
This is a string

string[] arr1 = new string[] { "one", "two", "three" };
This is a array of strings

string[] arr2 = { "one", "two", "three" };
This is also an array of strings

int[] array = { 5, 6, 7 };
This is an array of integers

https://www.dotnetperls.com/array

char[] array1 = { 'h', 'e', 'l','l','o' };
This is an array of characters.

strings and arrays can hold the same data but that does not make them the same type.
https://www.dotnetperls.com/char-array

Array's can hold many datatypes, depeding on their definition
string only hold characters.

Answer 3

String is an array of characters, with some extra features than regular array.

Answer 4

examples of the two

Answer 5

An array is a collection of like variables that share a single name. The individual elements of an array are referenced by appending a subscript, in square brackets, behind the name.

Strings are similar to arrays with just a few differences. Usually, the array size is fixed, while strings can have a variable number of elements. Arrays can contain any data type (char short int even other arrays) while strings are usually ASCII characters terminated with a NULL (0) character. In general we allow random access to individual array elements. On the other hand, we usually process strings sequentially character by character from start to end.

http://csharp.net-informations.com/collection/csharp-array.htm