In C/C++, is char* arrayName[][] a pointer to a pointer to a pointer OR a pointer to a pointer?

Question

I understood multi-dimensional arrays as pointers to pointers, but perhaps I am wrong?

For example, I though:

char * var = char var[]

Answer 1

One of my memorization rules for combinations of * and [] is the signature of main. Works! :-)

Your dic is an array of 40-element arrays, each element of which is a pointer to char.

#include 
#include 
using namespace std;

template< class Type, unsigned N >
void tellMeAbout( Type const (&)[N] )
{
    cout << "Well, it's an array of " << typeid( Type ).name() << ".\n";
}

int main()
{
    char  *dic[][40]    = { 0 };
    tellMeAbout( dic );
}

Using Visual C++ I get ...

Well, it's an array of char * [40].

Cheers & hth.,

– Alf