Hey everyone! I've a task I'd like help with.

I have to make a Text Editor, sort of Linux's "Nano" or DOS's "Edit".
The issue that makes me post this is the following: While the user is writing, where are all the characters stored? I was thinking of a "char *" variable, but it seemed farfetched...
So, any ideas? Anywhere I could read something on the subject?
But most importantly, is there any Open Source Text editor built in C++ whose code I could check?

Thanks in advance for reading this.:)

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