Whats the difference between " " and ' ' in c programming

Question

Can anybody explain the difference between " " and ' ' in c programming? its getting to mi example:

if i use ' '

date=type=='a';
if (date)
{
printf("its a date");
printf("%d",date);
}

it prints 1 and if i use " "

date=type=="a";
if (date)
{
printf("its a date");
printf("%d",date);
}

it prints 0

`" "` is a arrays of chars, `' '` is a char. – Maroun Aug 19 '14 at 13:22 — Maroun, Aug 19 '14 at 13:22
"a" is a string literal and `a` is a char primitive. – Al.Sal Aug 19 '14 at 13:22 — Al.Sal, Aug 19 '14 at 13:22

score 10 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 19 '14 at 13:22

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Double quotes is for string and single quotes for character. But since you are using character in both of your samples then it doesnt make any difference. You can store character using double quotes but not the vice versa

answered Aug 19 '14 at 13:22

Rahul Tripathi

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