Complicated Declarations

typdef char *a[10];       /*  declare type a  */

a *b[5];                  /*  declare b, an array of 5 pointers   */
                          /*  to objects of type a                */

An equivalent declaration of b is:

char *(*b[5])[10];        /*  declare b, an array of 5 pointers   */
                          /*  to array of 10 pointers to char     */

Complicated declarations are deciphered outward from nested parentheses.