How can I call a function using a function pointer?

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You can do the following:
Suppose you have your A,B & C function as the following:

bool A()
{
   .....
}

bool B()
{
   .....
}

bool C()
{

 .....
}

Now at some other function, say at main:

int main()
{
  bool (*choice) ();

  // now if there is if-else statement for making "choice" to 
  // point at a particular function then proceed as following

  if ( x == 1 )
   choice = A;

  else if ( x == 2 )
   choice = B;


  else
   choice = C;

if(choice())
 printf("Success\n");

else
 printf("Failure\n");

.........
  .........
  }

Remember this is one example for function pointer. there are several other method and for which you have to learn function pointer clearly.

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