character arrays

are similar to numeric arrays:

char first_name[20];

char last_name[20] ={'f','r','a','n','c','a',0};

char street_name[]= "Market";

first_name[0]='a';

first_name[1]='n';

first_name[2]=first_name[1];

null character, terminator;

inputting text: the askwords function