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what is difference between
char name[50]
and
char *name

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How much time do you have?

http://www.daweidesigns.com/cgi-bin/pointers.php?page=3-0


One is a pointer, one is an array. That pointer might potentially point to an array or it might not. In some cases a pointer can be used as if it was an array and in some cases it most definitely cannot.

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