According to ANSI specifications which is the correct way of declaring main() when it receives command line arguments?

main(int argc, char *argv[])

B) main(argc,argv) int argc; char *argv[];
C) main() {int argc; char *argv[]; }
D) None of the above

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Richa Yadav

Jan 7th, 2006

a) main(int argc, char *argv[])

balaji.g
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Mar 23rd, 2006

main(int argc, char *argv[])

kbjarnason
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Jul 1st, 2010

None of the above. It should be:

int main( int argc, char *argv[] )

or

int main( int argc, char **argv )

Note that:

   a) these are different syntax for the same thing
   b) reliance on implicit-int is outmoded
   c) the names argc and argv are simply convention; most any names will do