A pointer looka like a function, what is it?

Code:

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


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"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:

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

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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...