Arun kumar varma

• Jul 7th, 2005

 

In the first case, the pointer is constant and in the latter, the data pointed to by the pointer is constant.

ruchi

• Jul 17th, 2005

 

 
This is the correct difference 
const char * implies pointer to a const char 
char * const means const pointer to a char 
 

Amit Sarkar

• Apr 23rd, 2006

 

Correct Answer: No difference!!

vipull

• Jul 25th, 2006

 

Const char *myPointer is a non constant pointer to constant data; while char *const myPointer is a constant pointer to non constant data.

vallavan.cit

 Profile Answers by vallavan.cit 

• Dec 12th, 2009

 

In const char* p, the character pointed by ‘p’ is constant, so you cannot change the value of character pointed by p but you can make ‘p’ refer to some other location.

In char const* p, the ptr ‘p’ is constant not the character referenced by it, so you cant make ‘p’ to reference to any other location but you can change the value of the char pointed by ‘p