char *gets(char *str)

[frizshizzle]

I'm reading the definition of gets and I'm confused what does the "char *" before gets mean I know (char *str) means a character pointer I think.
please help
thanks

[AzraelUK]

The bit before the function name defines what it will return. So gets() is a function that takes a char *, and returns a char *.

[frizshizzle]

thanks doh