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104 questions linked to/from C pointer to array/array of pointers disambiguation
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What's the difference between "int *a[5]" and int(*a)[5]"? [duplicate]
Would they work differently on C and C++?
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What is the difference between char *s[] and char (*s)[]? [duplicate]
When I read books about C language, the two level pointer bothered me a lot.
char s[5][5];
char *s[5];
char (*s)[5];
so what is the difference between them?
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What is difference between int (*p)[3] and int *p[3]? [duplicate]
I totally understand what is "int *p[3]" ( p is an array of 3 pointer meaning we can have 3 different rows of any number of ints by allocating the memory as our size of different rows).
My confusion ...
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Why is `int ( *array )[10] = malloc(...);` valid C code? [duplicate]
I recently came across the following:
int ( *array )[10] = malloc(...);
Based on my understanding of C's syntax and grammar, this looks like nonsense. It looks like an array is being created (and ...
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what is difference between defining char a[5] and char (*a)[5]? [duplicate]
I just want to make sure the difference between *a[5] and (*a)[5] in C language.
I know that the *a[5] means the array a can have five elements and each element is pointer.
so,
char *p = "ptr1";
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Which of * and [] bind strongest in C? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
C pointer to array/array of pointers disambiguation
In C, is int *thing[5] an array of five pointers, each pointing to an integer, or a pointer to an array of five integers?
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What are the differences between these type of Pointers? [duplicate]
I was programming a code in C++ when I accidentally put brackets to my pointer and my programs output changed.
Since I am new to programming I wanted to know the difference between these type of ...
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What does int (*ar) [] declaration mean in C? [duplicate]
What is the difference between these two in C. The first one is array of pointers.
My main confusion is about the second declaration. What does it declare. Aren't the two the same ?
int *p []={&i,...
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Difference between char *a[10]; and char (*a)[10]; [duplicate]
What is the difference between the following statements?
char *a[10];
char (*a)[10];
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What does this character pointer declaration mean? [duplicate]
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C pointer to array/array of pointers disambiguation
How is char (*p)[4]; different from char *p[4];?
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Difference between int *x[10] and int (*x)[10] [duplicate]
Last time we had a test in programming and one of the questions was the difference between initializing
int *x[10];
and
int (*x)[10];
Can anyone clarify this for me?
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Difference between (*)[] and *[] declarations [duplicate]
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I've read the question and answers here: C pointer to array/array of pointers disambiguation. The answers there do not address the focus of my questions here as well as some of the answers ...
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what the difference between int* v[10] and int (*p)[10] [duplicate]
Show me the difference between:
int* v[10];
and
int (*p)[10];
Please.
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Difference between pointer to pointer array and pointer array [duplicate]
What is the different between int **p and int *p2[5] in the first case p is a pointer to pointers to an array that i will define later!,
but p2 also point to array of pointers!!!!.
int *p2[5] is the ...
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starting address of integer array pointing to itself? [duplicate]
The output of the programmer :
#include<stdio.h>
int main (){
int A[3] = {1,2,3};
printf("%u %u %u ",&A,A,*A);
return 0;
}
is :3216303812 3216303812 1
here &A and A is same that ...
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