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Placement of the asterisk in Objective-C

I’m new to XCode, coming from C#. What is the difference between the two following syntax examples, specifically the location of the asterisk?

UITabBarItem* tabBarItem

and

UITabBarItem *tabBarItem

When do you use one syntax over the other?

Answer 1

Both mean the same. There is no difference between the two and it is a matter of preference. I personally prefer the second way because it looks cleaner when have multiple pointers.

UITabBarItem *tabBarItemOne, *tabBarItemTwo ; // Looks cleaner :)

than

UITabBarItem* tabBarItemOne, *tabBarItemTwo ;