Reference to a Pointer?

[Jeremy Cowles]

What exactly does this mean?

CString*&

Is it a reference to a pointer to a CString?

Thanks,
Jeremy

 

[Karl Heinz Buchegger]

What exactly does this mean?

CString*&

Is it a reference to a pointer to a CString?

Yes.

 

[c++novice]

What exactly does this mean?

CString*&

Is it a reference to a pointer to a CString?

Thanks,
Jeremy

u r very much right

 

[David White]

What exactly does this mean?

CString*&

Is it a reference to a pointer to a CString?

Yes. To decipher these things you start at the identifier, or where the
identifier would be. In this case that's after the '&'. You then form the
type by taking the operators one at a time from that position in order of
operator precedence. Parentheses can be used to force the precedence if
necessary. The first operator is '&' (reference), then '*' (pointer; we have
reference to a pointer so far), then finally CString (reference to a pointer
to a CString).

Other examples:
int *p[2]; // array of two pointers to ints
int (*p)[2]; // pointer to an array of two ints
int (*p)(); // pointer to a function returning int

DW

 

[Jeremy Cowles]

Thanks all.