This code declares and initializes a pointer to a constant...

June 29, 2025 at 12:58 AM

const char* keyPath = "SOFTWARE\\MyApp";

This code declares and initializes a pointer to a constant character string keyPath. Here's what it does:

  1. const char*: Declares a pointer to a constant character string, meaning the characters in the string cannot be modified through this pointer.
  2. keyPath: The name of the pointer variable.
  3. "SOFTWARE\\MyApp": The string assigned to keyPath. The double backslashes (\\) are escape sequences representing a single backslash (\) in the string.

The keyPath variable holds the address of the string "SOFTWARE\MyApp" in memory, which is commonly used to represent a path in the Windows registry in applications that interact with it.

So, this code is setting up a constant string that might later be used for operations involving a registry path in a Windows system.

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