C Programming - Complicated Declarations - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Complicated Declarations - General Questions (Q.No. 1)

Complicated Declarations

Declare the following statement?
"An array of three pointers to chars".

char *ptr[3]();

char *ptr[3];

char (*ptr[3])();

char **ptr[3];

Answer: Option

Explanation:

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Discussion:

19 comments Page 2 of 2.

Rohit Kumar said: 7 years ago

Here, convert all the options in postfix expression and read, the correct option will char *ptr[3];.

Tamil said: 1 decade ago

Yes. You are right. Ptr is the array which contains 3 character pointer.

Raju said: 1 decade ago

char *ptr[3] is correct. There is 3 characters are defined in pointers.

Indu mounika said: 1 decade ago

ptr[3] shows an element of an aray.
So *ptr[3] is a valid pointer

Naitik gupta said: 1 decade ago

I agree the the pointer hold variable like these char(*ptr[3]);

Richa Rao said: 1 decade ago

It must be *ptr[2] as index start from 0th position.

Raj said: 1 decade ago

Option b is absolutely correct no discussion at all.

Vishal sanghani said: 8 years ago

char *ptr[3] is the right one.

Bhavani said: 1 decade ago

Yes (*ptr)[3] is correct.

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