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Arrays in Expressions | Microsoft Docs |
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11/04/2016 |
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language-reference |
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expressions [C++], arrays in |
arrays [C++], in expressions |
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mikeblome |
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mblome |
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ghogen |
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When an identifier of an array type appears in an expression other than sizeof, address-of (&), or initialization of a reference, it is converted to a pointer to the first array element. For example:
char szError1[] = "Error: Disk drive not ready.";
char *psz = szError1;
The pointer psz points to the first element of the array szError1. Note that arrays, unlike pointers, are not modifiable l-values. Therefore, the following assignment is illegal:
Arrays