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    Difference between following declarations

    What is the difference between the following declarations?

    const char *s;
    char const *s;

    Please mention it briefly.


    NOTE : [This question was asked by Dhananjaya Mohanty]


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    Re: Difference between following declarations

    const char *s;
    This declares a constant data and a variable pointer.
    char const *s;
    This is invalid i think. I should look like:
    char * const s;
    This declares a variable data and a constant pointer.
    const char * const s;
    This declares a constant data and constant pointer.


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    Re: Difference between following declarations

    The two declarations namely

    const char *s;
    and
    char const *s;

    are not equivalent.

    In the first statement namely
    const char *s;
    the char is constant.

    But in the second statement namely
    char const *s;
    the pointer itself is const. So in this it is not possible to change the pointer using any of the
    pointer arithmetic say as s++.


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    Re: Difference between following declarations

    char const *s;
    the pointer itself is const. So in this it is not possible to change the pointer using any of the
    pointer arithmetic say as s++.


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    Re: Difference between following declarations

    Barbie and Admin, Thanks for your answers

    nitin.pathak Thanks for you also, your answer is same as last part of admin answer


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    Re: Difference between following declarations

    Very interesting question and answer on pointer concepts. Friends thanks for such useful posts.


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