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/* vim: set tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 fileencoding=utf-8 noexpandtab: */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {

    // char
    char ch = 'A';
    printf("%c\n", ch);

    // address of char
    char* a_ch = &ch;   // create an address variable initialized with the
                        // address of the variable 'ch'.

    // A string is an array of characters in memory.

    // string -- s1 is the address of the beginning of an array of char (i.e., a string)
    char* s1  = "dictionary"; // in data segment (do not change)
    printf("s1 == \"%s\"\n", s1);

    // Here, we access the first element of the array at s1.
    char c2 = s1[0];    // c2 gets the first element of the array of characters at s1
    printf("c2 == '%c'\n", c2);

    // ... and the second element
    char c3 = s1[1];    // c3 gets the second element of the array of characters at s1
    printf("c3 == '%c'\n", c3);

    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

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