Some pointer declaration and their meaning

• int * p; : p is a pointer to an integer.
• int p[10]; : p is an array of 10 integers.
• int *p[10]; : p is an array of 10 pointers to integers.
• int (*p)(int); : p is function pointer which takes an integer as argument and returns an int.
• int p (char a); : p is a function accepting a character and returning an integer.
• int p(char *a); : p is a function accepting a character pointer and returning an integer.
• int *p(char a); : p is a function accepting a character and returning a pointer to an integer.
• int *p(char *a); : p is a function accepting a character pointer and returning an integer pointer.
• int **p; : p is a pointer to pointer.
• int p(char (*a)[10]); : p is a function that accepts a pointer to an array of character and returns an integer.
• int (*p)[10]; : p is a pointer to an array of 10 integers.

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