What does the condition is this foor loop mean

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for (const char* p = key; *p; p++) {

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[hexed lantern]

It means read the value pointed to by p

chars are just numbers

[twilit glacier]

yeah but when does the for loop stop?

when *p is null or what?

[hexed lantern]

*p can't be null, null only makes sense in the context of pointers

0 is false, non-zero values are true

[twilit glacier]

ahhhhhhhh

thanks^^

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[SOLVED] What does the condition is this foor loop mean

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What does the condition is this foor loop mean