Why does scanf() need & operator (address-of) in some cases, and not others? [duplicate]

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scanf accepts a pointer to whatever you are putting the value in. In the first instance, you are passing a reference to the specific int at position i in your integer array. In the second instance you are passing the entire array in to scanf. In C, arrays and pointers are synonymous and can be used interchangeably (sort of). The variable s is actually a pointer to memory that has contiguous space for 5 characters.

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