Pointing to Functions:

We have already discussed how pointers to array work. Similarly, you can declare a pointer that
is initialized with the left value of function (i.e. with the address at which function is stored).
You can then call the function via a pointer. This concept is useful in passing functions to other
functions.
When a function declaration appears in another function, the name of the function being
declared becomes a pointer to that function. Such pointers can ba passed to functions as
arguments. The first function can be accessed within the second function as though it was a
variable.
The declaration of function which accepts another function as argument is of the form:
return_type (*func_name) (parameter_list);
Here * is added before function name so that it must be identified as a pointer to another
function. The parentheses around it indicate that it is a pointer to a function and not a function
that returns a pointer. The return type indicates the data type that function returns. The parameter
list represents the list of parameters in the function.
The function call is of the form,

(*func_name) (argument_list);
The indirection operator (*) must precced the function name and both must be enclosed in
parentheses so as to maintain the priority. The argument list is the list of arguments if any.