Where to put the star in C and C++ pointer notation

c, c++

Solution

No. Never. `<g>`

But consider:

int* var1, var2;

Here, the placement of the `*` is misleading, because it does not apply to `var2`, which is an `int` and not an `int*`.

Problem

Possible Duplicate: Correct way of declaring pointer variables in C/C++ For some time the following has been annoying me, where should I put the star in my pointer notation. ``` int *var; // 1 ``` and ``` int* var; // 2 ``` obviously do the same thing, and both notations are correct, but I find that most literature and code I look at use the 1th notation. wouldn't it be more 'correct' to use the 2th notation, separating the type and the variable name by a whitespace, rather than mixing the type and variable tokens?

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