Typedef declaration

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The typedef declaration provides a way to use an identifier in place of a (possibly complex) type declaration to create new objects of that type.

Contents 1 Syntax 2 Explanation 3 Keywords 4 Example

[edit] Syntax

typedef type_declaration identifier;

[edit] Explanation

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[edit] Keywords

typedef

[edit] Example

typedef char** string_array;  // Allows us to write
string_array c;  // instead of
char **c;

Similarly,

typedef void *(*my_function)(int, char, double);

would allow my_function to be used to create a pointer to a function that takes an int, a char, and a double and returns a void pointer.