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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <assert.h>

int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
    char* s = "abc";  // We think of s as a "string" but s is actually the address of the
                      // first character in that string.
                      // REMINDER:  The string at s is read-only.
    
    printf("s    == \"%s\"\n", s);

    printf("s[0] == '%c'\n", s[0]);
    printf("*s   == '%c'\n", *s);

    printf("s[1] == '%c'\n", s[1]);
    printf("*(s + 1) == '%c'\n", *(s + 1));

    printf("s[2] == '%c'\n", s[2]);
    printf("*(s + 2) == '%c'\n", *(s + 2));

    // REMINDER:  You cannot write to a string on the data segment (read-only portion).
    // When you initialize a char* with a string literal ("…"), that will be the address
    // of a string on the data segment (read-only portion).

    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
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