a) const char* c;
b) char* const c;
Answer:
A pointer is itself a variable which holds a memory address of another variable - it can be used as a "handle" to the variable whose address it holds.
a) This is a changeable handle/pointer to a const variable.
b) This is a const handle/pointer to a changeable variable.
This example might explain better:
#include
int main()
{
int for_a = 100;
int for_b = 200;
int for_test = 300;
const int* a = &for_a;
int* const b = &for_b;
a++; // allowed
a--;
// *a = for_test; // not allowed: "assignment of read-only location"
// b++; // not allowed: "increment of read-only variable"
*b = for_test; // allowed
printf("Value of *a = %d, value of *b = %d \n", *a, *b);
return 1;
}
Irrelevant, but then 'const char* const c;' would mean a non-changeable pointer to a non-changeable variable.
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