How to copy a string using a pointer

Question

Here\'s a program I wrote to copy a string constant.

When the program is run it crashes. Why is this happening ?

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Answer 1

Copy a string "constant/literal/pointer"

char *str = "some string thats not malloc'd";
char *tmp = NULL; 
int i = 0; 
for (i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
    tmp = &str[i];
}
printf("%s\n", tmp);

Reversed

char *str = "some stupid string"; 
char *tmp, *ptr = NULL; 
ptr = str;
while (*str) { ++str; } 
int len = str - ptr;
int i = 0;
for (i = len; i > 11; i--) {
    tmp = &ptr[i];
} 
printf("%s\n", tmp); 

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tmp = &blah[i] can be interchanged with tmp = &(*(blah + i)).