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<p>A <i>declaration</i> is a C language construct that introduces one or more <a href="identifier.html" title="c/language/identifier">identifiers</a> into the program and specifies their meaning and properties.
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<p>where
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</li><li> a name earlier introduced by a <a href="typedef.html" title="c/language/typedef">typedef</a> declaration
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<ul><li> zero or one storage-class specifiers: <a href="typedef.html" title="c/language/typedef">typedef</a>, <a href="storage_duration.html" title="c/language/storage duration">auto, register, static, extern, thread_local</a>
</li><li> zero or more type qualifiers: <a href="const.html" title="c/language/const">const</a>, <a href="volatile.html" title="c/language/volatile">volatile</a>, <a href="restrict.html" title="c/language/restrict">restrict</a>, <a href="atomic.html" title="c/language/atomic">_Atomic</a>
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</li><li> zero or more alignment specifiers: <a href="alignas.html" title="c/language/alignas" class="mw-redirect">alignas</a>
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<td> comma-separated list of <span class="t-spar">declarators</span> (each declarator provides additional type information and/or the identifier to declare). Declarators may be accompanied by <a href="initialization.html" title="c/language/initialization">initializers</a>. The <a href="enum.html" title="c/language/enum">enum</a>, <a href="struct.html" title="c/language/struct">struct</a>, and <a href="union.html" title="c/language/union">union</a> declarations may omit <span class="t-spar">declarators</span>, in which case they only introduce the enumeration constants and/or tags.
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<p>For example,
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<div dir="ltr" class="mw-geshi" style="text-align: left;"><div class="c source-c"><pre class="de1"><span class="kw4">int</span> a, <span class="sy2">*</span>b<span class="sy1">=</span><a href="../types/NULL.html"><span class="kw103">NULL</span></a><span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// "int" is the type specifier,</span>
<span class="co1">// "a" is a declarator</span>
<span class="co1">// "*b" is a declarator and NULL is its initializer</span>
<span class="kw4">const</span> <span class="kw4">int</span> <span class="sy2">*</span>f<span class="br0">(</span><span class="kw4">void</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// "int" is the type specifier</span>
<span class="co1">// "const" is type type qualifier</span>
<span class="co1">// "*f(void)" is the declarator</span>
<span class="kw2">enum</span> COLOR <span class="br0">{</span>RED, GREEN, BLUE<span class="br0">}</span> c<span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// "enum COLOR {RED, GREEN, BLUE}" is the type specifier</span>
<span class="co1">// "c" is the declarator</span></pre></div></div>
<p>The type of each identifier introduced in a declaration is determined by a combination of the type specified by the <span class="t-spar">type specifier</span> and the type modifications applied by its <span class="t-spar">declarator</span>.
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<p>Each declarator is one of the following:
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<p><span class="t-spar">noptr-declarator</span> <code><b>[</b></code> <span class="t-spar">qualifiers</span><span class="t-mark">(optional)</span> <code><b>*</b></code> <code><b>]</b></code>
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<div class="t-li1"><span class="t-li">1)</span> the identifier that this declarator introduces.</div>
<div class="t-li1"><span class="t-li">2)</span> any declarator may be enclosed in parentheses; this is required to introduce pointers to arrays and pointers to functions.</div>
<div class="t-li1"><span class="t-li">3)</span> <a href="pointer.html" title="c/language/pointer">pointer declarator</a>: the declaration <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi c source-c">S <span class="sy2">*</span> cvr D</span></span>; declares <code>D</code> as a <span class="t-spar">cvr</span>-qualified pointer to the type determined by <code>S</code>.</div>
<div class="t-li1"><span class="t-li">4)</span> <a href="array.html" title="c/language/array">array declarator</a>: the declaration <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi c source-c">S D<span class="br0">[</span>N<span class="br0">]</span></span></span> declares <code>D</code> as an array of <code>N</code> objects of the type determined by <code>S</code>. <span class="t-spar">noptr-declarator</span> is any other declarator except unparenthesized pointer declarator.</div>
<div class="t-li1"><span class="t-li">5)</span> <a href="function_declaration.html" title="c/language/function declaration">function declarator</a>: the declaration <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi c source-c">S D<span class="br0">(</span>params<span class="br0">)</span></span></span> declared <code>D</code> as a function taking the parameters <code>params</code> and returning <code>S</code>. <span class="t-spar">noptr-declarator</span> is any other declarator except unparenthesized pointer declarator.</div>
<p>The reasoning behind this syntax is that when the identifier declared by the declarator appears in an expression of the same form as the declarator, it would have the type specified by the type specifier sequence.
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<div dir="ltr" class="mw-geshi" style="text-align: left;"><div class="c source-c"><pre class="de1"><span class="kw1">struct</span> C <span class="br0">{</span>
<span class="kw4">int</span> member<span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// "int" is the type specifier </span>
<span class="co1">// "member" is the declarator</span>
<span class="br0">}</span> obj, <span class="sy2">*</span>pObj <span class="sy1">=</span> <span class="sy3">&</span>obj<span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="co1">// "struct C { int member; }" is the type specifier</span>
<span class="co1">// declarator "obj" defines an object of type struct C</span>
<span class="co1">// declarator "*pObj" declares a pointer to C,</span>
<span class="co1">// initializer "= &obj" provides the initial value for that pointer</span>
 
<span class="kw4">int</span> a <span class="sy1">=</span> <span class="nu0">1</span>, <span class="sy2">*</span>p <span class="sy1">=</span> <a href="../types/NULL.html"><span class="kw103">NULL</span></a>, f<span class="br0">(</span><span class="kw4">void</span><span class="br0">)</span>, <span class="br0">(</span><span class="sy2">*</span>pf<span class="br0">)</span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="kw4">double</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="co1">// the type specifier is "int"</span>
<span class="co1">// declarator "a" defines an object of type int</span>
<span class="co1">// initializer "=1" provides its initial value</span>
<span class="co1">// declarator "*p" defines an object of type pointer to int</span>
<span class="co1">// initializer "=NULL" provides its initial value</span>
<span class="co1">// declarator "f(void)" declares a function taking void and returning int</span>
<span class="co1">// declarator "(*pf)(double)" defines an object of type pointer</span>
<span class="co1">// to function taking double and returning int</span>
 
<span class="kw4">int</span> <span class="br0">(</span><span class="sy2">*</span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="sy2">*</span>foo<span class="br0">)</span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="kw4">double</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="br0">[</span><span class="nu0">3</span><span class="br0">]</span> <span class="sy1">=</span> <a href="../types/NULL.html"><span class="kw103">NULL</span></a><span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="co1">// the type specifier is int</span>
<span class="co1">// 1. declarator "(*(*foo)(double))[3]" is an array declarator:</span>
<span class="co1">// the type declared is "/nested declarator/ array of 3 int"</span>
<span class="co1">// 2. the nested declarator is "*(*foo)(double))", which is a pointer declarator</span>
<span class="co1">// the type declared is "/nested declarator/ pointer to array of 3 int"</span>
<span class="co1">// 3. the nested declarator is "(*foo)(double)", which is a function declarator</span>
<span class="co1">// the type declared is "/nested declarator/ function taking double and returning</span>
<span class="co1">// pointer to array of 3 int"</span>
<span class="co1">// 4. the nested declarator is "(*foo)" which is a (parenthesized, as required by</span>
<span class="co1">// function declarator syntax) pointer declarator.</span>
<span class="co1">// the type declared is "/nested declarator/ pointer to function taking double</span>
<span class="co1">// and returning pointer to array of 3 int"</span>
<span class="co1">// 5. the nested declarator is "foo", which is an identifier.</span>
<span class="co1">// The declaration introduces the identifier "foo" to refer to an object of type</span>
<span class="co1">// "pointer to function taking double and returning pointer to array of 3 int"</span>
<span class="co1">// The initializer "= NULL" provides the initial value of this pointer.</span>
 
<span class="co1">// If "foo" is used in an expression of the form of the declarator, its type would be</span>
<span class="co1">// int.</span>
<span class="kw4">int</span> x <span class="sy1">=</span> <span class="br0">(</span><span class="sy2">*</span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="sy2">*</span>foo<span class="br0">)</span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="nu16">1.2</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="br0">[</span><span class="nu0">0</span><span class="br0">]</span><span class="sy4">;</span></pre></div></div>
<p>The end of every declarator that is not part of another declarator is a <a href="eval_order.html" title="c/language/eval order">sequence point</a>.
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<p>A <i>definition</i> is a declaration that provides all information about the identifiers it declares.
</p><p>Every declaration of an <a href="enum.html" title="c/language/enum">enum</a> or a <a href="typedef.html" title="c/language/typedef">typedef</a> is a definition.
</p><p>For functions, a declaration that includes the function body is a <a href="function_definition.html" title="c/language/function definition">function definition</a>:
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<div dir="ltr" class="mw-geshi" style="text-align: left;"><div class="c source-c"><pre class="de1"><span class="kw4">int</span> foo<span class="br0">(</span><span class="kw4">double</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// declaration</span>
<span class="kw4">int</span> foo<span class="br0">(</span><span class="kw4">double</span> x<span class="br0">)</span><span class="br0">{</span> <span class="kw1">return</span> x<span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="br0">}</span> <span class="co1">// definition</span></pre></div></div>
<p>For objects, a declaration that allocates storage (<a href="storage_duration.html" title="c/language/storage duration">automatic or static</a>, but not extern) is a definition, while a declaration that does not allocate storage (<a href="extern.html" title="c/language/extern">external declaration</a>) is not.
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<div dir="ltr" class="mw-geshi" style="text-align: left;"><div class="c source-c"><pre class="de1"><span class="kw2">extern</span> <span class="kw4">int</span> n<span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// declaration</span>
<span class="kw4">int</span> n <span class="sy1">=</span> <span class="nu0">10</span><span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// definition</span></pre></div></div>
<p>For <a href="struct.html" title="c/language/struct">structs</a> and <a href="union.html" title="c/language/union">unions</a>, declarations that specify the list of members are definitions:
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<div dir="ltr" class="mw-geshi" style="text-align: left;"><div class="c source-c"><pre class="de1"><span class="kw1">struct</span> X<span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// declaration</span>
<span class="kw1">struct</span> X <span class="br0">{</span> <span class="kw4">int</span> n<span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="br0">}</span><span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// definition</span></pre></div></div>
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<p>A declaration cannot introduce an identifier if another declaration for the same identifier in the same <a href="scope.html" title="c/language/scope">scope</a> appears earlier, except that
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<div dir="ltr" class="mw-geshi" style="text-align: left;"><div class="c source-c"><pre class="de1"><span class="kw2">extern</span> <span class="kw4">int</span> x<span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="kw4">int</span> x <span class="sy1">=</span> <span class="nu0">10</span><span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// OK</span>
<span class="kw2">extern</span> <span class="kw4">int</span> x<span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// OK</span>
 
<span class="kw4">static</span> <span class="kw4">int</span> n<span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="kw4">static</span> <span class="kw4">int</span> n <span class="sy1">=</span> <span class="nu0">10</span><span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// OK</span>
<span class="kw4">static</span> <span class="kw4">int</span> n<span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// OK</span></pre></div></div>
<ul><li> Non-VLA <a href="typedef.html" title="c/language/typedef">typedef</a> can be repeated as long as it names the same type:
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<div dir="ltr" class="mw-geshi" style="text-align: left;"><div class="c source-c"><pre class="de1"><span class="kw1">typedef</span> <span class="kw4">int</span> int_t<span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="kw1">typedef</span> <span class="kw4">int</span> int_t<span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// OK</span></pre></div></div>
<ul><li> <a href="struct.html" title="c/language/struct">struct</a> and <a href="union.html" title="c/language/union">union</a> declarations can be repeated:
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<div dir="ltr" class="mw-geshi" style="text-align: left;"><div class="c source-c"><pre class="de1"><span class="kw1">struct</span> X<span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="kw1">struct</span> X <span class="br0">{</span> <span class="kw4">int</span> n<span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="br0">}</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="kw1">struct</span> X<span class="sy4">;</span></pre></div></div>
<p>These rules simplify the use of header files.
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<p>In C89, declarations within any <a href="statements.html#Compound_statements" title="c/language/statements">compound statement</a> (block scope) must appear in the beginning of the block, before any <a href="statements.html" title="c/language/statements">statements</a>.
</p><p>Also, in C89, functions returning <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi c source-c"><span class="kw4">int</span></span></span> may be implicitly declared by the <a href="operator_other.html#Function_call" title="c/language/operator other">function call operator</a> and function parameters of type <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi c source-c"><span class="kw4">int</span></span></span> do not have to be declared when using old-style <a href="function_definition.html" title="c/language/function definition">function definitions</a>.
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<p>Empty declarators are prohibited; a declaration must <span class="t-rev-inl t-since-c11"><span>be a <a href="static_assert.html" title="c/language/ Static assert">static_assert</a> declaration or </span> <span><span class="t-mark-rev t-since-c11">(since C11)</span></span></span> have at least one declarator or declare at least one struct/union/enum tag, or introduce at least one enumeration constant.
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<p>If any part of a declarator is a <a href="array.html" title="c/language/array">VLA array</a> declarator, the entire declarator's type is known as "variably-modified type". Types defined from variably-modified types are also variably modified (VM).
</p><p>Declarations of any variably-modified types may appear only at <a href="scope.html" title="c/language/scope">block scope</a> or function prototype scope and cannot be members of structs or unions. Although <a href="array.html" title="c/language/array">VLA</a> can only have automatic <a href="storage_duration.html" title="c/language/storage duration">storage duration</a>, a VM type such as a pointer to a VLA may be static. There are other restrictions on the use of VM types, see <a href="goto.html" title="c/language/goto">goto</a>, <a href="switch.html" title="c/language/switch">switch</a>. <span class="t-lc"><a href="../program/longjmp.html" title="c/program/longjmp">longjmp</a></span>
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<p><a href="static_assert.html" title="c/language/ Static assert">static_asserts</a> are considered to be declarations from the point of view of the C grammar (so that they may appear anywhere a declaration may appear), but they do not introduce any identifiers and do not follow the declaration syntax.
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<ul><li> C11 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:2011):
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<dl><dd><ul><li> 6.7 Declarations (p: 108-145)
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<ul><li> C99 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:1999):
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<dl><dd><ul><li> 6.7 Declarations (p: 97-130)
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<ul><li> C89/C90 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:1990):
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