DEFINITION

Working with strings in C involves using character arrays, also known as C-strings.
C-strings are sequences of characters terminated by a null character ('\0').
Here are some common operations and functions for working with C-strings in C

DECLARING STRING VARIABLES INITIALIZING STRING VARIABLES

char string_name[ size ]; char city[9] = “NEW YORK”;
Example:
char city ={‘N’,’E’,’W’,’ ‘, ‘Y’,’O’,’R’,’K’,’\0’};

READING STRINGS FROM TERMINAL WRITING STRINGS TO SCREEN

The printf() function with %s format
The input function scanf() with %s format
specifier can be used to display the
specification can be used to read an array
strings on the screen.
of characters (String).
Example:
Example: printf (“%s”, subject);
char subject;
scanf (“%s”, subject); Syntax:
puts(string);
Syntax:
gets(string); Example:
puts(“Computer science”)
Example:
char str[25];
gets(str1);

INPUT AND OUTPUT

ARITHMETIC OPERATIONS ON CHARACTERS

C allows us to manipulate characters the same way we do with
numbers. Whenever a character constant or character variable is used
in an expression, it is automatically converted into an integer value by the system.

atoi() function

atof() function

atol() function