Thread: A pointer looka like a function, what is it?

Code:

node * ekleSirali(node * r, int x){ if(r==NULL){//linklist bossa  r=(node*)malloc(sizeof(node));  r->next= NULL;  r->x = x;  return r; }

"node * ekleSirali(node * r, int x)" what is this structure, i mean it's looking like a pointer but like a function it has parameter and a return value. I've never seen that before. what is it called?

I've reformatted that code a bit, and it's incomplete, making it hard to reason about:

Code:

node * ekleSirali(node * r, int x) { 
    if(r==NULL)
    {  
         //linklist
         bossa  r=(node*)malloc(sizeof(node)); 
         r->next= NULL; 
         r->x = x;  
         return r; 
    }

It is just a function that returns a pointer to a "node".

You call the function, and it returns the the address in memory of where the node is stored.

looks much better. Thanks for the reply...