What is the difference between char *val and char *** val?

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What is the difference between char *val and char ***val. I know what pointers are but can not find anywhere what this triple star notation means.

One is a pointer to a `char`, one is an horrific mess.. :-) – Will May 19 '14 at 17:36 — Will, May 19 '14 at 17:36
_And what is char ****val and etc._:D – May 19 '14 at 17:37 — , May 19 '14 at 17:37

CIsForCookies · Answer 1 · 2014-05-19T18:18:16.870

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Each star you add is another pointer, which means that char *** val is a pointer to another pointer that points to a char pointer

edited May 19 '14 at 18:18

answered May 19 '14 at 17:35

CIsForCookies

Morten Jensen · Answer 2 · 2014-05-19T19:19:56.727

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The three stars/asterisks mean nothing special. Each of the stars indicate a level of indirection.

Let me exemplify:

char *val is a char pointer called val.

char **val is a pointer to a char pointer called val.

char ***val is a pointer to a pointer to a char pointer called val.

So an asterisk for each pointer level.

edited May 19 '14 at 19:19

answered May 19 '14 at 17:34

Morten Jensen

thank you. i would up vote but do not have the stupid reputation points yet. – bluerubez May 19 '14 at 17:48
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@bluerubez If the _reputation points are stupid_, why do you want to _upvote_? – HelloWorld123456789 May 19 '14 at 17:52
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@bluerubez You can mark the answer as accepted. – HelloWorld123456789 May 20 '14 at 03:47

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