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 actually all equivalent: a pointer to an nsstring!!

Answer 2

There is no difference, where the * is placed in a pointer declaration is irrelevant.