Three Star Programmer

#1

Post by PawBer » Tue, Apr 19, 2022, 12:55 PM UTC

Re: Three Star Programmer

#2

Post by jleyank » Tue, Apr 19, 2022, 1:11 PM UTC

Odd. One uses the data structures that are necessary to solve the problem. In C, can typedef things to make them clearer but there’s stars underneath. In chemistry,

Atomic symbol - char *, List of elements in a molecule - char **, List of elements in a list of molecules - char ***

But then, is it char*** p or char ***p? Do you think of what it represents or how it is referenced?

Bloody stars can’t easily be represented which is odd in a website dedicated to coders.

Re: Three Star Programmer

#3

Post by nh23423fefe » Tue, Apr 19, 2022, 1:21 PM UTC

jleyank wrote: post #2

Odd. One uses the data structures that are necessary to solve the problem. In C, can typedef things to make them clearer but there’s stars underneath. In chemistry, Atomic symbol - char *, List of elements in a molecule - char **, List of elements in a list of molecules - char *** But then, is it char*** p or char ***p? Do you think of what it represents or how it is referenced? Bloody stars can’t easily be represent…

I always think of the pointer as being a type which takes a type parameter.

so char** is just a pointer to char**. It's not the total levels that matter only the operations on this level.