How does this function work for displaying string in lcd?

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Code: 
lcd_string("welcome"); 

void lcd_string(unsigned char *p)
{
     while(*p!=0)
    {
           lcd_char(*p++);
     }
}

void lcd_char(unsigned char cha)
{
       lcd_data_port=cha;
       rs=1;
       rw=0;
       en=1;
      delay(10);
      en=0;
}

How does the function lcd_string work?
 

lcd_char() puts a single character code on the LCD data lines then operates the control lines to write it to the LCD module. If the delay(10); is 10mS it can be considerably shortened!

lcd_string() takes the string and keeps callling lcd_char, passing it one character from the string at a time until it finds a NUL (zero) character. Strings in 'C' are stored with a NUL at their end so it uses it as a marker to say 'no more' after all the characters have been displayed.

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and does lcd_char(*p++) mean it sends the value to the function first then increases its value ??
 

Yes, by C syntax rules. That's why we call it a postfix increment operator.
 
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does lcd_char(*p++) mean it sends the value to the function first then increases its value ??
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To be more clear, it sends the character (dereferenced by the pointer 'p') and then increments the pointer 'p' (post-incrementing), after this 'p' points to the next character.
 
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