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added 70 characters in body

edited Mar 4, 2019 at 14:10

I use visual studio 2017

int main() { std::string a = "hello"; std::cout << &a; a[1] = 'r'; std::cout << &a; gives same address as above std::cin.get(); }

when i hover the mouse pointer over "hello".

It shows const char[6]. So "hello" is stored in read only memory.

then how come it is possible to change the value in it.

I use visual studio 2017

int main() { std::string a = "hello"; std::cout << &a; a[1] = 'r'; std::cout << &a; gives same address as above std::cin.get(); }

when i hover the mouse pointer over "hello".

It shows const char[6]. So "hello" is stored in read only memory.

then how come it is possible to change the value in it.

I use visual studio 2017

int main() { std::string a = "hello"; std::cout << &a; a[1] = 'r'; std::cout << &a; gives same address as above std::cin.get(); }

when i hover the mouse pointer over "hello".

It shows const char[6]. So "hello" is stored in read only memory.

then how come it is possible to change the value in it.

asked Mar 4, 2019 at 13:20

where string literals will be stored

I use visual studio 2017

int main() { std::string a = "hello"; std::cout << &a; a[1] = 'r'; std::cout << &a; gives same address as above std::cin.get(); }

when i hover the mouse pointer over "hello".

It shows const char[6]. So "hello" is stored in read only memory.

then how come it is possible to change the value in it.