about “int const *p” and “const int *p ”

Question

#include 
using namespace std;

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
    int i1 = 0;
    int i2 = 10;

    const int *p = &i1;
    int const *p2 =          


        

Answer 1

The two are exactly the same. What matters is the position of the qualifier relative to the asterisk (*):

int const *p; // normal pointer to const int
const int *p; // ditto

int *const p; // const pointer to normal int (rarely useful)

int const * const p; // const pointer to const int