Re: a few doubts!

"maadhuu" <madhu_ranjan_m@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
# #include<stdio.h>
# #include<conio.h>
# #include<string.h>
# main()
# {
# char * a= "bcd";
# clrscr();
# strcpy(a,"hello");
# a = "fgh";
# a[0] = 't';
# printf("%s",a);
# }

Some compilers allow strings to be overwritten by placing them in read-write memory
sometimes with the expectation the string can be modified. Writing outside an array
bounds does not necessarily trigger a fault action.

The code results are machine and compiler dependent.

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