Communities

Writing
Writing
Codidact Meta
Codidact Meta
The Great Outdoors
The Great Outdoors
Photography & Video
Photography & Video
Scientific Speculation
Scientific Speculation
Cooking
Cooking
Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Judaism
Judaism
Languages & Linguistics
Languages & Linguistics
Software Development
Software Development
Mathematics
Mathematics
Christianity
Christianity
Code Golf
Code Golf
Music
Music
Physics
Physics
Linux Systems
Linux Systems
Power Users
Power Users
Tabletop RPGs
Tabletop RPGs
Community Proposals
Community Proposals
tag:snake search within a tag
answers:0 unanswered questions
user:xxxx search by author id
score:0.5 posts with 0.5+ score
"snake oil" exact phrase
votes:4 posts with 4+ votes
created:<1w created < 1 week ago
post_type:xxxx type of post
Search help
Notifications
Mark all as read See all your notifications »
Q&A

Welcome to Software Development on Codidact!

Will you help us build our independent community of developers helping developers? We're small and trying to grow. We welcome questions about all aspects of software development, from design to code to QA and more. Got questions? Got answers? Got code you'd like someone to review? Please join us.

Post History

71%
+3 −0
Q&A Why use an asterisk after a type?

#include<stdio.h> struct Node{ int data; struct Node* next; }; Here I used an asterisk after Node. What is it used for? What if I don't put any asterisk after Node (both Node...

2 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by deleted user  ·  edited 3y ago by hkotsubo‭

Question c pointers
#4: Post edited by user avatar hkotsubo‭ · 2021-07-01T14:59:45Z (over 3 years ago)
Improved grammar, added tags
  • What's the importance of asterisk after few type?
  • Why use an asterisk after a type?
  • ```c
  • #include<stdio.h>
  • struct Node{
  • int data;
  • struct Node* next;
  • };
  • ```
  • Here I used asterisk after Node. Actually, why asterisk used for? What if I don't put any asterisk after Node (Both Node are structure).
  • Is `*ptr` and `ptr*` same?
  • ```c
  • #include<stdio.h>
  • struct Node{
  • int data;
  • struct Node* next;
  • };
  • ```
  • Here I used an asterisk after `Node`. What is it used for? What if I don't put any asterisk after `Node` (both `Node`'s are structures)?
  • Is `*ptr` and `ptr*` same?
#3: Post edited by (deleted user) · 2021-07-01T03:34:22Z (over 3 years ago)
  • ```c
  • #include<stdio.h>
  • struct Node{
  • int data;
  • struct Node* next;
  • };
  • ```
  • Here I used asterisk after Node. Actually, why asterisk used for? What if I don't put any asterisk after Node (Both Node are structure).
  • ```c
  • #include<stdio.h>
  • struct Node{
  • int data;
  • struct Node* next;
  • };
  • ```
  • Here I used asterisk after Node. Actually, why asterisk used for? What if I don't put any asterisk after Node (Both Node are structure).
  • Is `*ptr` and `ptr*` same?
#2: Post edited by (deleted user) · 2021-07-01T03:12:29Z (over 3 years ago)
  • ```c
  • #include<stdio.h>
  • struct Node{
  • int data;
  • struct Node* next;
  • }
  • ```
  • Here I used asterisk after Node. Actually, why asterisk used for? What if I don't put any asterisk after Node (Both Node are structure).
  • ```c
  • #include<stdio.h>
  • struct Node{
  • int data;
  • struct Node* next;
  • };
  • ```
  • Here I used asterisk after Node. Actually, why asterisk used for? What if I don't put any asterisk after Node (Both Node are structure).
#1: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2021-07-01T03:11:48Z (over 3 years ago)
What's the importance of asterisk after few type?
```c
#include<stdio.h>
struct Node{
     int data;
     struct Node* next;
}
```

Here I used asterisk after Node. Actually, why asterisk used for? What if I don't put any asterisk after Node (Both Node are structure).