initializing char and char pointers

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Published on 2010-04-06T18:37:00Z Indexed on 2010/04/06 18:43 UTC
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What's the difference between these:

This one works:

char* pEmpty = new char; *pEmpty = 'x';

However if I try doing:

char* pEmpty = NULL; pEmpty = 'x'; // <---- doesn't work!

and:

char* pEmpty = "x"; // putting in double quotes works! why??

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