Pointers alllocation in C++

There is something missing in there.

char * defines the return type of the function pointer.

(*) is invalid as is; if you intend to declare a function pointer, you have to give it a name, for example (*function_name)
Besides, there is a closing bracket which does not match its opening one.

For example:

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

char * func1(char *s1, char *s2) {
   return "In func1()\n";
}

char * func2(char *s1, char *s2) {
   return "In func2()\n";
}

int main() {
   char * (*myfunc)(char *, char *);
   myfunc = func1;
   cout << myfunc("", "");
   myfunc = func2;
   cout << myfunc("", "");
   return 0;
}

This produces the following output:

In func1()
In func2()

Hope this helps. Kindly.