Placement of the asterisk in Objective-C

Question

I have just begun learning Objective-C, coming from a VB .Net and C# .Net background. I understand pointer usage, but in Objective-C examples I see the asterisk placed in s

Answer 1

There may not be any differences in the alternatives 1, 2 and 4 to the computer but there are to other readers of the code.

Since explanations like https://stackoverflow.com/a/1521382 and https://stackoverflow.com/a/16040884 and https://www.tutorialspoint.com/objective_c/objective_c_pointers.htm use the first alternative:

1. NSString *string;

and all extra variables need their own asterisk like in:

NSString *aString, *bString;

my humble suggestion is that we use alternative 1 as a standard.