Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 08:52:04 +0200 (IST)
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On Tue, 27 Mar 2001, Jack Klein wrote:

> >  scanf("%s", &string);
> 
> The line above is incorrect, the name of a character array like string
> is always converted to a pointer to its first element when passed to a
> function.  Just "string" is the address of string[0].  &string is a
> pointer to an array of characters, not a pointer to char.  This just
> happens to work on most compilers "by accident".

It works, and not by accident.  But you are right: it's bad C.