Timeline for What is correct syntax when declaring a pointer? (i.e. where to place the *?)
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| Mar 20, 2018 at 12:38 | comment | added | Blauelf |
They are the same, the whitespace is ignored. I'd like to add that char* word better describes the type of word (the * is part of the type, not of the name), but can lead to confusion. char* word, ch; declares two variables, but word is of type char*, while ch is of type char. char *word, ch; would have been less confusing. But usually avoid this kind of variable declaration.
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| Mar 20, 2018 at 9:51 | comment | added | doctopus |
Just to clarify, this also applies to other types of structs too right? i.e. char *word = "hello" would be the same as char* word = "hello"?
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| Mar 20, 2018 at 9:50 | vote | accept | doctopus | ||
| Mar 20, 2018 at 8:45 | history | answered | MARS | CC BY-SA 3.0 |