Thread: typedef

Hi,

I wonder if somebody could help me out.

If I write this:

char *a, b, c;

only a is a pointer to char, b and c are just variables.

However if I do this:
typedef char* STRING;

and then I do this:
STRING a, b, c;

this is then equivalent to:
char *a, *b, *c;

that is three pointers to char. I tested this out to confirm this. I just can't
understand why all three variables above end up as pointers.

Thanks in advance for any help.

You defined STRING as character pointer.

You then defined a,b and c as type STRING. Which equals a character pointer.

Much the same way going int a,b,c; defines a,b,c as integer variables.

Thanks laserlight, now I understand.