Can you help me to solve this in C ?

Question

Given the following statements:

char *name[] = {”Ali”,”Ani”,”Tono”};

char name[][10] = {”Ali”,”Ani”,”Tono”};

Compare and contrast the two name identifiers above !

Answer 1

Not a C expert here, but going to try to help you out.

First, they aren't the same array
char *name[] is the same as char name[][]

But more importantely, the main difference is that char *name[] is going to allocate an array of pointer

So during runtime you will be able to do
char *name[] = {"Alice", "Bar"};
char *foo = "TEST";
name[1] = foo;

and this
char name[][10]= {"Alice", "Baz"};
char foo[] = "TEST2";
name[1] = foo;

but you should never do
name[1][1] = 'u';
if you're using pointers

but you can do it if you're using arrays.

Thisis a great SO post: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1704407/what-is-the-difference-between-char-s-and-char-s

Hope I didn't say mistakes and hope I help you.