what is function pointer in c code example

Example 1: Function pointer C++

void one() { cout << "One\n"; }
void two() { cout << "Two\n"; }


int main()
{
	void (*fptr)(); //Declare a function pointer to voids with no params

	fptr = &one; //fptr -> one
	*fptr(); //=> one()

	fptr = &two; //fptr -> two
	*fptr(); //=> two()

	return 0;
}

Example 2: c function pointer

//Declaration of a pointer to a function that takes an integer 
//and returns an integer.
int (*f_ptr)(int);

//Assignment of a function foo to the function pointer f_ptr declared above.
f_ptr = foo;

//Calling foo indirectly via f_ptr, passing the return value of foo to r.
int r = f_ptr(v);

//Assigning an address of a function to the function pointer f_ptr,
//then calling foo by dereferencing the function pointer.  
f_ptr = &foo;
int r = (*f_ptr)(v);

Example 3: How to use pointers in C

myvar = 25;
foo = &myvar;
bar = myvar;