Thread: function returns int *

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    Question function returns int *

    I have problems with a function like this:

    /*Specification*/

    int * where (void)
    {
    int pos[2]={0,0};
    int i, j;
    for (i=0;i<12;i++)
    {
    for(j=0;j<12;j++)
    {
    if (t[i][j]=='K')
    {
    pos[0]=i;
    pos[1]=j;
    return pos;
    }
    }
    }
    return pos;
    }

    Borland c 3,1 compiler returns with the message :'warning:Function should return a value".
    What is the problem with this function ?

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    pos is local to your function but you are returning a pointer to it, so the pointer will point to a variable that is no longer in scope. You should either make the variable global, pass the variable into the function or allocate memory on the heap to store it from within the function.

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