C Program to Print the String Elements using Pointers

C Program to Print the String Elements using Pointers

Character pointer (*ptr) is used to hold the address of character in the array.

#include<stdio.h>
                                                                                                                                                          
void main()                                                                     
{                                                                               
    char desc[] = "codingpointer.com";                                          
    char *ptr;                                                                  
                                                                                
    // assign address of first character in the string                          
    ptr = desc;                                                                 
    //iterates all the characters upto '\0'.                                    
    while(*ptr != '\0')                                                         
    {                                                                           
        printf("%c", *ptr);                                                     
        ptr++;                                                                  
    }                                                                           
}  

Output:

$ cc print-string-using-pointer.c 
$ ./a.out 
codingpointer.com

C Program to Print the String using Format Specification (%s)

#include<stdio.h>                                                              
                                                                                
void main()                                                                     
{                                                                               
    char desc[] = "codingpointer.com";                                          
    printf("%s", desc);                                                         
}  

Output:

$ cc print-string-using-pointer.c 
$ ./a.out 
codingpointer.com

C Program to Get the String and Print the String using Format Specification (%s)

#include<stdio.h>                                                              
                                                                                
void main()                                                                     
{                                                                               
    char desc[20];                                                              
    printf("Enter string: ");                                                   
    scanf("%s", desc);                                                          
    printf("desc: %s", desc);                                                   
}  

Output: ,pre> $ cc print-string-using-pointer.c $ ./a.out Enter string: codingpointer.com desc: codingpointer.com[