Why does int* ptr_a, ptr_b; make ptr_b an int not a pointer?

[transgalactic]

when i declare

int* ptr_a, ptr_b;

why the type of ptr_b is int
and not int*

?

 

[CompuChip]

Because

int *pta_a, ptr_b;

means

int *pta_a; int ptr_b;

and not

int *pta_a; int *ptr_b;

which would be

int *pta_a, *pta_b;

.

 

[transgalactic]

thanks