Http server in c

Question

Gelera would like to understand this line of code:

complete code: https://dzone.com/articles/web-server-c

if (strncmp(request, "GET ", 4) == 0) 
{

   ptr = request + 4;

 }

Why add + 4 ?

Answer 1

The interpreter discovered a GET followed by a space and "eats" these 4 buffer characters, repositioning the pointer 4 characters ahead, to continue the parse with what follows.