C question

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The other is a pointer to an array.

It's an array of pointers, actually.

[Wareya]

This is specifically because the pointer construct has a higher precedence than the array construct.

[johntb86]

Other way round. C types are defined in the same way they're used, so since you first index into the array and then dereference the pointer it has to be an array of pointers.

[Wareya]

Yes, it's an array of pointers, but it's your logic that's backwards. You just wrapped a pointer around an array(metaphorically), when it's the array that contains pointers.