I understand the concept of pointers and arrays in C. My problem is the syntax of them. What is this:
char* var;
char var*;
I understand the concept of pointers and arrays in C. My problem is the
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I understand the concept of pointers and arrays in C. My problem is the syntax of them. What is this:
char* var;
char var*;
Your premise is wrong. The first is the pointer type and the second is well… nothing, it is not valid C++ (neither is C for that matter).
Static arrays are more like this:
Dynamic arrays are on the other hand usually done with vectors.
The confusion between arrays and pointers is a legacy from the C programming language, where
*(a+n)anda[n]mean the same thing, so we can use thea[n]even ifais a pointer, not an array. This is not very idiomatic in C++ though.