Why is the asterisk before the variable name, rather than after the type?

Question

Why do most C programmers name variables like this: int *myVariable;rather than like this: int* myVariable;Both are valid. It seems to me that the asterisk is a part of the type, not a part of the variable name. Can anyone explain this logic?

Answer 1

NO

the star asterisk means that the variable is a POINTER to the type.

int * myVariable

contains the address of a integer variable.