Thread: Trouble understanding some code please help

just when i was conformable whit pointers i saw this ,

Why does the function have an * in front it's name

Code:

char *my_strcpy(char  *destination , char *source)

i thought it was a function pointer but i learned that a function pointer looks like

Code:

char (*my_strcpy)(char  *destination , char *source)

so my question is basically if its not a function pointer what is it?
and why is it there/what does it do?

entire code:

Code:

char *my_strcpy(char  *destination , char *source)
{
     char *p=destination;
     while(*sourse!='\0')
     {
           *p++=*source++;
     }
     *p='\0';
     return destination;
}