For the sake of me better understanding C++ strings, array and pointers; I want to know: Why is it that I can use a condition whereby I check if the index has reached the null-terminating character like this...
const char* myString = "Grandopolous";
for (int i = 0;;i++)
{
if (!myString[i])
break;
else
cout << myString[i];
}
So that works just fine. Here I am instead checking to see if the character equals something other than the null-terminating character and so I expect that if it doesn't the result should be not 0 and the condition should be true. but this does not work, and I simply cannot fathom why:
const char* myString = "Grandopolous";
for (int i = 0;;i++)
{
if (myString[i])
cout << myString[i];
}
This does not work on my machine and crashes, also it outputs a lot of unreadable error messages mixed with strange symbols. I don't think that part matters although it is the first time error have been printed to my console application instead of the debug console.
The reason I mentioned pointers is because I managed to get the condition to work using pointers instead of the array index syntax which I find much easier to read.
So could someone please help me understand why my first bit of code is valid and why my second is not.