Here are some example declarations.  The answers are available later
in the page, along with how the declaration might be used.
These are about as complicated as I expect you will be faced with.
(maybe even a little harder).  I do not believe you are required
to know function pointers but I include them here for completeness.

Try to read out them aloud before looking at the answers.



int i;

int ai[10];

int *ip;

int *aip[10];

int (*pai)[10];

int *(*ip)[10];

int *(*ip[10]);

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int f();

int *frp();

int (*fp)();

int *(*fp)();

int (*fp[10])()




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int i;			/* an int */

	i = 1;

int ai[10];		/* an array[10] of int */

	ai[0] = 1;

int *ip;		/* pointer to int  */

	ip = &i;        /* make a pointer to i */
        ip = ai;        /* ip points to first element of ai */


int *aip[10];		/* array[10] of pointer to int */

	aip[0] = &i;     /* pointer to i stored in 0th element */
	*aip[0] = 2;     /* store 2 into variable pointed to by ip[0] */
  

int (*pai)[10];		/* pointer to array[10] of int */

	int ai[10];
	pai  = &ai;     /* store pointer to array ia in ip */
	(*pai)[0] = 1;  /* store 1 in the 0th element of the array pointed by ip */

int *(*papi)[10];		/* pointer to array[10] of pointer to int */

	int *api[10];  /* array[10] of pointer to int */
	papi = &api;     

int *(*papi[10]);		/* pointer to array[10] of pointer to int */

	int *api[10];  /* array[10] of pointer to int */
	papi = &pia;     
	

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int f();		/* A function f return int */

	int f() { printf ("boo"); return 0; }

int *frp();		/* function f return pointer to int */

	int frp() { printf ("boo"); return NULL; }

int (*fp)();		/* pointer to function return int */

	fp = f;
	i = (*fp) ();   /* call the function pointed to by fp */

int *(*fp)();		/* pointer to function return pointer to int */

	fp = frp;
	ip = (*frp)();  /* call the function pointed to by fp */


int (*fp[10])()		/* array[10] of pointer to function return int*/

	fp[0] = f;
	fp[1] = f;