//--------------------------------------------------------------------
// strprint.cpp
//--------------------------------------------------------------------


// Uses a char pointer to move through a string character by character.

#include <iostream.h>

void main()
{
    char heading[11] = "A title",  // Sample string
         *strPtr;                  // Pointer to a character in
                                   // the string

    // Set strPtr to point to the first character in the string.
    strPtr = heading;

    // Display each character in the string. Stop when strPtr points
    // to the null character at the end of the string.
    while ( *strPtr != '\0' )
    {
        cout << *strPtr;  // Output the character pointed to by strPtr
        strPtr++;         // Advance to the next character
    }
    cout << endl;

    // Pointer strPtr points to the null character at the end of the
    // string. Move strPtr back one character so that it points to
    // the last (non-null) character in the string.
    strPtr--;

    // Display the characters in the string in reverse order.
    // Stop when strPtr moves past the beginning of the string.
    while ( strPtr >= heading )
    {
        cout << *strPtr;  // Output the character pointed to by strPtr
        strPtr--;         // Move back one character
    }
    cout << endl;
}