String Returning Function Problems.....
Can somebody give me a clue in this?
I'm trying to make up a function that will return a string value to the main function.. Here is my best attempt on doing so.
Can somebody help me with this?? It can't be compiled...Code:#include <stdio.h> char* MyFunction(); int main() { char Strings[40]; Strings = MyFunction(); printf("%s",Strings); return 0; } char* MyFunction() { char ItIsStrings[40]; printf("Please insert strings: "); scanf("%s",ItIsStrings); return(ItIsStrings); }
1 - You can't return arrays.
2 - You can't assign strings to arrays.
3 - Look up the strcpy function to copy something to character array.
4 - Try passing the array to the function, and then filling using the afore mentioned function.
Quzah.
Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment.
ItIsStrings is a local variable that goes out of scope as soon as MyFunction returns. You should either pass MyFunction a pointer to an array of characters or declare ItIsString as static.
Yep,
define ItIsStrings as static inside the function since it's local and define Strings as a char pointer or use strcpy function to copy the string as mentioned above.
Jag
