Determining the type of string C

Question

I was just trying to create a string like when you could just write:

string s;

And I decided to do it like:

#define string char *

Then, for example, in the main function I should write only string s;, and if I enter another variable name, this will not work.

How can I improve the definition, or maybe how can I use a “typedef” for this work, if that’s not a bad practice. Or is there any better approach for creating string type variables?
I searched, but I could not find the answer.

Answer 1

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