Question

I was at an interview today, and was asked the difference between the following two declarations:

int *A[10];

and

int (*A)[10];

which I did not know. If you think I am missing some important pointer ‘pointer’, please let me know that too. Thanks.

Answer 1

The first declares an array of ten pointers to int, the second a pointer to an array of ten ints.

The [] binds tighter than the *, so the first could equivalently be written

int *(A[10]);