Where do you guys prefer to put the asterisk (*) in pointer declaration?

Question

int *ptr;
int * ptr;
int* ptr;
which one do you prefere? And why? Could you please give your reasons.

Answer 1

to attach variable name, To avoid confusion 😀

Answer 2

like this:
int* p, q;
which one is a pointer?

Answer 3

I prefer
int* ptr;

because it separates type (here: pointer to int) from name (here: 'ptr') by a white space. You can see directly that the type is a pointer.

(Seeing
int *ptr;
lets me think of as an integer, that is by some magical name convension of the variable name (by preposing asterisk) transformed into a pointer.)

Answer 4

@Omar
Confusion about what?

Omar answered:
like this:
int* p, q;
which one is a pointer?

yes, you're right about this. p is a pointer, q is not. that's sneaky.
I usually avoid this by writing:
int* p;
int* q;

:-)