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1. Literal string initializer for a character array    stackoverflow.com

In the following rules for the case when array decays to pointer:

An lvalue [see question 2.5] of type array-of-T which appears in an expression decays (with three exceptions) into ...

2. returning a pointer to a literal (or constant) character array (string)?    stackoverflow.com

I know this is wrong:

char* getSomething() {  
    char szLocal[5];  
    /* put something in the char array somehow */  
  ...

3. what is the technical difference between these declarations?    stackoverflow.com

  char amessage[] = "now is the time"; /* an array */
  char *pmessage = "now is the time"; /* a pointer */

4. C2106 Error Assigning a String Literal to a char Array    tek-tips.com

I am a novice C programmer and I am running into the "common" C2106 error when attempting to assign a pointer to a string like the following:char *pos0;char pat0[100];. . .pat0 = pos0;I realize that I can't assign a memory pointer directly to a literal string. However, I need to get the "value" in pos0 converted, somehow, to a literal ...