Pointers and Strings C++

Question

I\'m teaching myself C++ and I\'m a bit confused about pointers (specifically in the following source code). But first, I proceed with showing you what I know (and then cont

Answer 1

You are asking the right questions as a learner.

Answers:

1. In C++, string is an object, the c_str() essentially returns a pointer to the first character of the string (C Style)
2. You are right about strings in C, the variable actually points to first character of the string
3. C++ does lot of things based on the type of variable. When you pass a string object cout prints the string. Also, C++ is smart enough to determine *testing is illegal