Small problem

[Sharan123]

if you have pointer to char how do you call it for example

  void create(char *fname)//function prototype
char name[20]="name";
create(name);//should call be like this or is there an error whats the correct way 

[sargon94]

Pointers and arrays are the same thing. So in your program, sending "name" to the function is perfectly fine.

[Duthomhas]

Pointers and arrays are not the same thing.

However, when you use an array name by itself it easily degenerates into a pointer to the first element of the array.

Unless you plan to modify the array, you should declare your argument as const:

void create( const char* fname ); 

char name[20] = "name";
create( name );

Hope this helps.

[Sharan123]

What if we want to send the first letter of variable name than can we write
create(name,1);

[Duthomhas]

Wait, what?

Do you mean you want to send the first char in a string to a function?

void foo( char c ) ...

char name[20] = "quux";

foo( name[0] );

[edit] You would really benefit from reading through this sites tutorials.
http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/

[Sharan123]

Thank you :)