Various Declarations and Notations in C language

These are some declarations and notations in the C language. These are summarized in the following table:

Declarations	p is a	that takes	and returns
int *p;	pointer to an integer	a pointer	an integer
int *p[10];	p is a 10 element array of pointer to integer	10 element array of pointer	an integer
int (*p)[10];	p is a pointer to a 10-element integer array	a pointer	integer array
int *p();	p is a function that returns a pointer to an integer	function	a pointer to an integer
int p(char *a);	p is a function	an argument as pointer to a character	an integer
int (char a);	p is a function	an argument as pointer to a character	a pointer to an integer
int (p) (char a);	p is a pointer to a function	an argument as pointer to a character	an integer
int (p (char a)) [10];	p is a function	an argument as pointer to a character	a pointer to a 10 element integer array
int p(char (*a) []);	p is a function	as argument as pointer to a character array	an integer
int p(char *a []);	p is a function	an argument as array of pointers to a characters	an integer
int *p(char a []);	p is a function	an argument as character array	a pointer to an integer
int p(char (a) []);	p is a function	an argument as pointer to a character array	a pointer to an integer
int p(char a []);	p is a function	an argument as array of pointers to characters	a pointer to an integer
int (p) (char (a) []);	p is a pointer to a function	as argument as pointer to a character array	an integer
int (p) (char (*a) []);	p is a pointer to a function	an argument as pointer to a character array	a pointer to an integer
int (p) (char *a []);	p is a pointer to a function	an argument as array of pointers to characters	a pointer to an integer
int (*p [10]) ();	p is a 10 element array of pointers	to functions	each function returns an integer
int (*p [10]) (char a);	p is a 10 element array of pointers to functions	each functions takes an argument as character	an integer
int (p [10]) (char a);	p is a 10 element array of pointers to functions	each function takes an argument as character	a pointer to an integer
int (p [10]) (char *a);	p is a 10 element array of pointers to functions	each function takes an argument as pointer to a character	a pointer to an integer

These are explained as following below.

p is a pointer to an integer.
```
int *p;  
```
p is a 10 element array of pointer to integer.
```
int *p[10];  
```
p is a pointer to a 10-element integer array.
```
int (*p)[10];  
```
p is a function that returns a pointer to an integer.
```
int *p();  
```
p is a function that takes an argument as pointer to a character and returns an integer.
```
int p(char *a);  
```
p is a function that takes an argument as pointer to a character and returns a pointer to an integer.
```
int *(char *a);  
```
p is a pointer to a function that takes as argument as pointer to a character and returns an integer.
```
int (*p) (char *a);  
```
p is a function that takes an argument as pointer to a character and returns a pointer to a 10 element integer array.
```
int (*p (char *a)) [10];  
```
p is a function that takes as argument as pointer to a character array and returns an integer.
```
int p(char (*a) []);  
```
p is a function that takes an argument as array of pointers to a characters and returns an integer.
```
int p(char *a []);  
```
p is a function that takes an argument as character array and returns a pointer to an integer.
```
int *p(char a []);  
```
p is a function that takes an argument as pointer to a character array and returns a pointer to an integer.
```
int *p(char (*a) []);  
```
p is a function that takes an argument as array of pointers to characters and returns a pointer to an integer.
```
int *p(char *a []);  
```
p is a pointer to a function that takes as argument as pointer to a character array and returns an integer.
```
int (*p) (char (*a) []);  
```
p is a pointer to a function that takes an argument as pointer to a character array and returns a pointer to an integer.
```
int *(*p) (char (*a) []);  
```
p is a pointer to a function that takes an argument as array of pointers to characters and returns a pointer to an integer.
```
int *(*p) (char *a []);  
```
p is a 10 element array of pointers to functions, each function returns an integer.
```
int (*p [10]) ();  
```
p is a 10 element array of pointers to functions each functions takes an argument as character, and returns an integer.
```
int (*p [10]) (char a);  
```
p is a 10 element array of pointers to functions, each function takes an argument as character, and returns a pointer to an integer.
```
int *(*p [10]) (char a);  
```
p is a 10 element array of pointers to functions, each function takes an argument as pointer to a character, and returns a pointer to an integer.
```
int *(*p [10]) (char *a);  
```

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