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Declarations and definitions

It is legitimate to refer to element "n" of an array "buf" as either "buf[n] or n[buf]. Both forms mean exactly the same thing but the latter form is perverse and confusing.

For example: 


/*PRQA S 2017,3120,3132,3203,3408,3625 ++*/

extern void foo(void)
{
  char array[10];
  int  i;

  for (i = 0; i < 10; i++)
  {
    array[i] = 1;               /* Conventional syntax */
    i[array] = 1;               /* Message 3405        */
  }
}

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