Difference between using character pointers and character arrays

Question

Basic question.

char new_str[]=\"\";

char * newstr;

If I have to concatenate some data into it or use string functions like strcat/substr/

Answer 1

char new_str[]="abcd";  

This specifies an array of characters (a string) of size 5 bytes (one byte for each character plus one for the null terminator). So it stores the string 'abcd' in memory and we can access this string using the variable new_str.

char *new_str="abcd";  

This specifies a string 'abcd' is stored somewhere in the memory and the pointer new_str points to the first character of that string.