From:	Isaac Waldron <waldroni AT lr DOT net>
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Subject:	Re: Addresses of arrays
Date:	Tue, 03 Mar 1998 16:51:32 -0500
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Noam Rotem wrote:

> I try and try and try, and can't understand how come the address of an array is the same
> as the address of the first cell of it.
>
> int Arr[SIZE];
> if (Arr==&Arr) printf("Well, I give up...");
>
> I always thought the name of an array to act as a pointer to the first value. Am I wrong
> somehow?
>
> Does this mean I can use scanf("%s",&Str)?

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If my thinking is correct, then the following snippet should explain your problem:
int array[SIZE];
*array = 1; //*array points to the first data element in the array
array = 1; //this is not allowed, because you are trying to change the address of the first
element of the array.
//end code
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Isaac Waldron <waldroni AT lr DOT net>
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