Why only one of the two parts compiles at a time but not both ?

Question

Either Array of 'ptr' compiles or array of 'a' compiles but not both ..why is so ?

https://code.sololearn.com/cCsLCKkave5M/?ref=app

Answer 1

Krishna Kumar In your code
int *ptr[10] is an array of 10 pointers. Even if we assign address of array a to the ptr then also it will give compilation error because rest of the array of pointers is empty.

Answer 2

Again, seems to work fine on my computer. Sololearn does give an error though.

Answer 3

I don't know, it compiles on my computer. It may be something in sololearn's compiler settings.

Answer 4

~ swim ~ Jackson O’Donnell
Sorry I had attached a wrong code ...please refer to the corrected code again !

Answer 5

Night_fury~
No ,if we convert the last printf statement into comment then the addresses of pointers in the ptr array are displayed irrespective of any intialization to ptr