Question

I am really confused with pointers in C. What is the difference between :

char* p; vs char *p;

Answer 1

Both char* p and char *p are same. It denotes that p is a pointer to character. Space is not significant in pointer declaration.

We can also write the same thing as char * p which has a space between p & * and also char & *.

If you declare as below

            char* a,b;

here 'a' is the pointer to character and 'b' is simply a character.

ie the above code is equivalent to

       char *a;

      char b;