Question

When declaring a string in C what is the difference between

char* mystring;

and

char *mystring;

Answer 1

There is no difference. The second option is commonly preferred because it makes it easier to avoid this pitfall:

char* str1, str2;

Here, str1 is a char* but str2 is a plain char. The other way of writing the declaration makes it easier to see that you have to put an extra asterisk in there:

char *str1, *str2;

Now both variables are of type char*.