why does printing a char array return the contents instead of the memory adress

Asked Aug 02 '20 at 19:10

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char array[2] = {'1', 0 };
std::cout << array;

Why does it output the contents and not the memory adress, aren't arrays pointers ?

edited Aug 02 '20 at 19:12

Aplet123

asked Aug 02 '20 at 19:10

Blopper

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Yes, arrays are pointers. It output the contents of the array because that's what the `<<` overload for character pointers does. – Sam Varshavchik Aug 02 '20 at 19:10
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@SamVarshavchik Arrays are not pointers. But there are many cases (like passing to a function) where an array will *decay* into a pointer to the first element. – Kevin Aug 02 '20 at 19:12

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