What is char in C

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Possible Duplicate    What is double star        I am fairly new to C  and have come across this statement  typedef char   TreeType   I have a pretty good idea of what typedef does  but I have never seen char   before   I know that char  is a char array or similiar to a string   Im not sure if char   is a 2d char array or if it is the pointer to a character array   I have looked around but cannot find what it is   If you could please explain what a char   is or point me in the right direction it would be very much appreciated     Thanks

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It is a pointer to a pointer  so yes  in a way it s a 2D character array   In the same way that a char  could indicate an array of chars  a char   could indicate that it points to and array of char s

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well  char   means a pointer point to char  it is different from char array   char amessage      this is an array       define an array   char  pmessage    this is a pointer      define a pointer     And  char    means a pointer point to a char pointer   You can look some books about details about pointer and array

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Technically  the char  is not an array  but a pointer to a char   Similarly  char   is a pointer to a char    Making it a pointer to a pointer to a char   C and C   both define arrays behind-the-scenes as pointer types  so yes  this structure  in all likelihood  is array of arrays of chars  or an array of strings

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