Wht you mean this declaration..

[code break]

Hi all,

i come across the following declaration in some code.

int (*ptr)[ 10];

any feedback helps a lot for me.

[mark_bluemel]

code break wrote:

Hi all,

i come across the following declaration in some code.

int (*ptr)[ 10];

any feedback helps a lot for me.

Find yourself a copy of "cdecl" :-

$ cdecl
Type `help' or `?' for help
cdeclexplain int (*x)[10]
declare x as pointer to array 10 of int
cdeclexplain int *x[10]
declare x as array 10 of pointer to int

[p_cricket_guy]

ma**********@pobox.com wrote:

code break wrote:

Hi all,

i come across the following declaration in some code.

int (*ptr)[ 10];

any feedback helps a lot for me.

Find yourself a copy of "cdecl" :-

<off topic>

This is off-topic but OP might be using cdecl and facing a
parse error, thus leading to further confusion.
popular versions of cdecl treat "ptr" as a keyword. (short for
"pointer").

cdeclexplain int (*x)[10]
declare x as pointer to array 10 of int
cdeclexplain int (*ptr)[10]
parse error
cdeclexplain int (*foo)[10]
declare foo as pointer to array 10 of int
cdecl>

-p_cricket_guy

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[pete]

code break wrote:

>
Hi all,

i come across the following declaration in some code.

int (*ptr)[ 10];

any feedback helps a lot for me.

It's a pointer to an array of ten int.
It can be used to access a two dimensional array
through a single pointer.

/* BEGIN new.c */

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

#define X 2
#define Y 10

int main(void)
{
int (*ptr)[Y];
int x, y;

ptr = malloc(X * sizeof *ptr);
if (ptr == NULL) {
puts("ptr == NULL");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
for (x = 0; x != X; ++x) {
for (y = 0; y != Y; ++y) {
ptr[x][y] = Y * x + y;
}
}
for (x = 0; x != X; ++x) {
for (y = 0; y != Y; ++y) {
printf("%2d ", ptr[x][y]);
}
putchar('\n');
}
free(ptr);
return 0;
}

/* END new.c */

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pete