Is there any advantage to using strcmp over dereferencing the pointers and comparing with ==?
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#include <stdlib.h> #include <stdio.h> int main() { char *foo = "major major"; char *bar = malloc(sizeof(char) * 12); strcpy(bar, foo); if (*foo == *bar) printf("Hello\n"); return 0; } |
vs.
| code: |
#include <stdlib.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <string.h> int main() { char *foo = "major major"; char *bar = malloc(sizeof(char) * 12); strcpy(bar, foo); if (strcmp(foo, bar) == 0) printf("Hello\n"); return 0; } |
Both output the "Hello\n".
Both output the "Hello\n" even if I allocate more than 12 bytes to bar.
Thanks.
