array of N pointers to functions returning pointers to functions

Question

This was asked to me in an interview! i really got confused

• How do I declare an array of N pointers to functions returning pointers to functions returning pointers

Answer 1

Using typedefs as Christopher tells you is really th only humane way of declaring such a thing. Without tyedefs , it'll become:

char *(*(*arr[10])(void ))(void );

(yes I had to cheat and ran cdecl> declare arr as array 10 of pointer to function(void) returning pointer to function(void) returning pointer to char )