Explain the difference in these function pointer declarations

Question

Please highlight the difference between the following function declarations:

1. void (*p) (void *a[], int n)

2. void *(*p[]) (void *a, int n)

Answer 1

1. void (*p) (void *a[], int n) defines a pointer to a function that takes a void* array and an int as parameter

2. void *(*p[]) (void *a, int n) defines an array of pointers to functions that return a void*, and take a void* and an int as parameter.

Answer 2

Neither are function declarations, so there's nothing to explain.

Both are, however, declarations of function pointers. There is an excellent tutorial website that you should consume.

I should also suggest the handy program cdecl (or its online incarnations); perhaps you'd like to give it a shot yourself before someone reveals the answer for you?

_{(You need to type void *(*p[]) (void *, int) into the website; i.e. no identifiers for the function arguments.)}

Answer 3

EDIT: Nevermind, I misread the declarations. Sorry.

The thing is, you're declaring function pointers, not functions as people already pointed out.