How do I declare several variables in a for (;;) loop in C?

Question

I thought one could declare several variables in a for loop:

for (int i = 0, char* ptr = bam; i < 10; i++) { ... }

But I just

Answer 1

If you really need the variables to stay in the scope of the loop you could write

{ char* ptr = bam; for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) { ... } }

It's a bit ugly, but works.