mixing pointers and arrays

[cobb at csu-cs.UUCP]

Consider the two routines:

extern char *yytext;
main ()
{
stat ();
printf ("%s\n",*yytext);
}

and

char yytext [10];
stat ()
{
yytext [0] = 'y';
yytext [1] = 'e';
yytext [2] = 'a';
yytext [3] = 'r';
yytext [4] = '\0';
}

These two routines exist in different modules, and are compiled 
separately and then linked and loaded. However, every time I try to
execute the routine, I get an execution error. From reading the C
manual, the implication is that yytext is implemented as a pointer 
to some storage locations, and can therefore be treated as such. This
is reinforced by the legal program segment
            .
            .
            .
     char ch [n];
     char *chptr;
     chptr = ch;
            .
            .
which results in chptr being assigned the base location of the array
'ch'. Why then do the first routines blow up?
                                          Thanks
                                            S. Cobb
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