This is the question:
Using the Right-Left rule write the C definition of a variable named fubar that is a pointer to a function that
takes a pointer to a char and returns a pointer to an array of 7 elements where each element is a pointer to a
struct Sporcle.
My answer:
*( (Sporcle*)[7] ) ( *fubar )( char* );
Can anyone verify my answer and/or give me some pointers (no pun intended)?
Edited Answer:
( (struct Sporcle*)[7] ) *( *fubar )( char* );
Final Answer
struct Sporcle *(*(*fubar)(char *))[7];
Build it up a piece at a time:
A variable named fubar...
fubar
...that is a pointer...
*fubar
...to a function...
(*fubar)()
...that takes a pointer to a char...
(*fubar)(char *)
...and returns a pointer...
*(*fubar)(char *)
...to an array of 7 elements...
(*(*fubar)(char *))[7]
...where each element is a pointer...
*(*(*fubar)(char *))[7]
...to a struct Sporcle.
struct Sporcle *(*(*fubar)(char *))[7]
Your answer is incorrect - the thing on the left (called the declaration specifier) can only directly specify a type (a base type like int, a struct, union, enum or type name defined with typedef, optionally modified with a storage class specifier like static and/or a type specifier like const). Pointer, array and function types are constructed by modifying the right-hand-side of the declaration (called the declarator), by adding *, [] or () to it.
In this case, the declaration specifier is struct Sporcle and the remainder is the declarator.