Best way to create a C String

Question

I'm currently using

char *thisvar = "stringcontenthere";

to declare a string in C.

Is this the best way to declare a string in C?

And how about generating a C-String from C++-Strings?

Answer 1

In C it depends on how you'll use the string:

• named constant: your char* str = "string"; method is ok (but should be char const*)
• data to be passed to subfunction, but will not not used after the calling function returns:
  char str[] = "string";
• data that will be used after the function it is declared in exits: char* str = strdup("string");, and make sure it gets freed eventually.

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