What's the difference between "parameter" and " parameter" in a function?

Asked Oct 26 '21 at 12:11

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Recently for school we had to use specific functions that had a set function and arguments that they wanted for us to use.

However, in every example that I could find prior to the assignment the structure remained the same. The assignment required void GetIntArray(int *outputArray, int * count) as one of the functions.

I was really confused by the difference between *outputArray and * count; do they work the same or does the space between * and count make a difference?

edited Oct 26 '21 at 12:14

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No functional difference whatsoever. – Fred Larson Oct 26 '21 at 12:12
They are both pointers. the only difference is the underlying type of data they point to. In C (along with most other programming language) white space is largely ignored – joshmeranda Oct 26 '21 at 12:13
The same difference between `if (a == b)` and `if (a==b)` – Cid Oct 26 '21 at 12:14
`foo(int *bar)`, `foo(int* bar)` and `foo(int * bar)` are all the same thing. – Jabberwocky Oct 26 '21 at 12:14
@joshmeranda err.. read your comment closely again, especially the second sentence. – Jabberwocky Oct 26 '21 at 12:16
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Most importantly pick one style and stick with it. Or follow the style from the style guide of whatever code base/company you are working with. – Lundin Oct 26 '21 at 12:37

What's the difference between "*parameter" and "* parameter" in a function?

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What's the difference between "parameter" and " parameter" in a function?