Understanding functions and pointers in C -

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This is a very simple question, but what does the following function prototype mean?

int square (int y, size_t * x)

What size does _T * mean? I know size_t is a data type (int> = 0) but how do I attach it? Is this an indicator on the memory space for x? Normally I am having problems with this stuff, and if someone can provide easy reference, I would appreciate it.

Thanks everyone, I understand what an indicator is, but I think it is a difficult time to understand the relationship between pointers and functions. When I define a function prototype as int sq (int x, int y) , then it is very clear to me what is going on. However, when I see something like int sq (int x, int * y) I can not do - for my life - understand what the second parameter really means. At some level, I understand that it means "pass an indicator" but I can not understand enough things to manipulate it on my own.

How about tutorials?

However in this case, the pointer is probably used to modify / return the value. In C, there are two basic mechanisms in which the function can return a value (please forgive the dumb example):

This can return the value directly: 

  Float square_root (float x) {if (x> = 0) return sqrt (x); Return 0; }

or it can be returned by a pointer: 

  int square_root (float x, float * result) {if (x> gt = =) {* Result = sqrt (result); Return 1; } Return 0; }

The first name is given: 

  float a = squared_root (12.0);

... while later: 

  float b; Class_source (12.00, and b); Note that the example of the latter will also allow you to check whether the returned value was real - this system is widely used in c libraries, where the return value of the function Usually demonstrates success (or lack thereof), while prices are returned through parameters themselves.  
 So you can later write:  
  float sqresult; If (! SquareRoot (Myvar, & amp; sqresult)) {// signal error} other {// value is good, continue using sqresult! }

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