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Pointers like this:
char* string;

Or like this:
char *string;

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  • 3
    9y
    I've used both over time, but ended up on the char *string option in the end. Given the example of needing to do it this way for char *string1, *string2; I decided this was where it belonged.
  • 3
    9y
    First, the * defines the data type not the name so it belongs to the data type
  • 2
    9y
    Both are valid, but the second is preferred convention in most places.
  • 1
    9y
    @aul12 that is what I thought too, but it seems like the conventions don't agree..
  • 1
    9y
    Those are different data types you can't prefer one over the other
  • 0
    9y
    @bdhobare
    No it's the same thing. At least in c++
  • 1
    9y
    maybe like this
    char * str;
  • 1
    9y
    char* stuff == C++
    char *stuff == C
  • 1
    9y
    Pick one and stick with it.
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