How to read complex pointer notations in C?

Use to below table for reference:

Operator Precedence Associativity

( ), [ ] 1 Left to Right

*, Identifier 2 Right to left

Data type 3

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Example:

char (*ptr)[3]

Now this will be read as:

ptr is pointer to such one dimensional array of size 3 which contain char type data.

 

 

Author:-

Rohit Kamboj

M.Tech, UIET