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vashist@tcsmgmt.com (Vashist Worah) wrote:

>This may seem trivial to veterans here, but I am trying to figure out 
>what in the world is the difference in declaring pointers in the two 
>different manners illustrated below (VC++ 2.2):

>1)	double*  x
>2)	double  *x

>Of course, referencing pointers in the manner
>	*x
>yields the value of the variable whose address is stored in the pointer 

	Well, there is no difference. But, if you are declaring multiple 
	variables the second style is preferred because it causes less 
	confusion.
	if you say 'double*  x, y' that does not mean y is a double pointer, 
	y is still just a double since the '*' goes with the variable x, 
	hence it is always better to put it nearer to the variable than the 
	type