What are the typical use cases for strings and characters in the C programming language?

In C language, both the string and char types are used to store character data, but they have some differences in their usage scenarios.

1. Char type: The char type is used to store a single character. It is commonly used for operations involving single characters, such as reading input, outputting characters, comparing characters, calculating ASCII codes of characters, etc. Char type is typically used to define single character variables or character arrays.
2. In C language, there is no built-in string type, but strings can be simulated using character arrays. Strings are a sequence of characters that end with a null character (‘\0’). They are commonly used for storing and manipulating text data. Various functions can be used to perform operations on strings, such as copying, concatenating, comparing, and searching. Strings are commonly used for reading and processing text files, as well as in string processing algorithms.

In summary, the char type is suitable for handling individual characters, while the string type (using character arrays) is used for storing and working with string data.