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

Succinctly; each combination of read/write int & pointer;

int main() {

  int a,b;

  int* w;                       // read/write int, read/write pointer
  w= &b;                        // good
  *w= 1;                        // good

  int* const x = &a;            // read only pointer, read/write int 
  // x = &b;                    // compilation error
  *x = 0;                       // good

  int const * y;                // read/write ptr, read only int 
  const int * y2;               // "    "    "
  y = &a;                       // good
  // *y = 0;                    // compilation error
  y2 = &a;                      // good
  // *y2 = 0;                   // compilation error

  int const * const z = &a;     // read only ptr and read only int 
  const int * const z2 = &b;    // "    "   "   "   
  // *z = 0;                    // compilation error
  // z = &a;                    // compilation error
  // *z2 = 0;                   // compilation error
  // z2 = &a;                   // compilation error

}