Unit 2 - strings
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What are the 3 different structures used to store strings?
Fixed length
Variable length with a size limit
Linked
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What are the advantages of fixed length storage?
Easy to access and update data
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What are the disadvantages of fixed length storage?
Waste of space due to blank spaces
Changing a misspelled word could change the entire record
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What ways can we use dynamic storage?
Use of a marker to show the end of the string
Length of the string can be listed as an item in a pointer array
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Describe how linked storage works?
Memory cell are assigned to each character and a link provides the address of the cell which contains the next character
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