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  Q: Why do I get this Segmentation Fault?

  Why when I declare: char *s = "string"; fscanf(stdin, "%s", s); I get a Segmentation Fault?

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  asked 8 years, 6 months ago Segfault 41

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  Q: Why can’t I modify the string this way?

  When we have a declared int variable, and then a pointer to that variable: int x = 10; int *p = &x; To modify the variable x through the pointer, we have to do: *p = 20; But when I declare: char…

  c string pointer operators variable-declaration

  asked 8 years, 6 months ago Segfault 41