Array name

[ivanov ivan ivanovich]

There are two arrays, for example:

int pt1[]={1,2,3};
char pt2[]={'R','u','s','s','i','a'};

As I understand pt1 is the memory address of pt1[0]. The same result is for other types as float, double.
However, the second one pt2 is just string "Russia". It is not a value of memory address.

Can you explain the reason to me, please. Thank you.

[AbstractionAnon]

[ptr2] is not a value of memory address.

No, ptr2 is a memory address just as ptr1 is.

However, std::operator << overloads const char * to provide for outputting C-style strings.
http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/ostream/ostream/operator-free/

Note that your pt2[] does not have a null terminator therefore operator << would not know how long pt2 is and would continue to print garbage after the 'a'.

[coder777]

pt2 does not differ from pt1 except for the type. Everything that you can do with pt1 you can also do with pt2.