Proper Way To Initialize Unsigned Char*

Question

What is the proper way to initialize unsigned char*? I am currently doing this:

unsigned char* tempBuffer;
tempBuffer = \"\";

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Answer 1

It depends on what you want to achieve (e.g. do you ever want to modify the string). See e.g. http://c-faq.com/charstring/index.html for more details.

Note that if you declare a pointer to a string literal, it should be const, i.e.:

const unsigned char *tempBuffer = "";