Thread: Problems passing values from function to main variables

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    Quote Originally Posted by matsp View Post
    And for most cases, the CORRECT solution.
    That's why it also says "and generally best"...are you trying to misquote me?

    This reminds me of a story I heard once about three gunslingers in a darkened closet...maybe it was two gunslingers and a grizzly bear*.

    * I think the punchline was "WHAT HAPPENED TO THE NEW G'DAM CAT?"
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    GNU C Function and Macro Index -- glibc reference manual
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    Current ISO draft standard
    CCAN -- new CPAN like open source library repository
    3 (different) GNU debugger tutorials: #1 -- #2 -- #3
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    Well, I arrived to this:

    Code:
    #include <stdio.h>
    
    float SV(float dog[12][3]) 
    {
    	int i,j;
    	for(i=0;i<12;i++)
      {
           { for(j=0;j<3;j++)
               printf("dog %8.3f\t", dog[i][j]);
          }
                   printf("\n"); 
      }
       
    return **dog; 
    }
    
    int main()
    {
    float cat[12][3]={
    {-4.859,0.073,0.122},
    {-3.610,-0.654,0.017},
    {-2.432,0.308,0.088},
    {-2.621,1.515,0.217},
    {-1.213,-0.231,0.004},
    {-0.016,0.584,0.061},
    {1.100,-0.061,-0.749},
    {1.157,-1.283,-0.869},
    {1.989,0.764,-1.306},
    {3.095,0.267,-2.100},
    {3.942,1.426,-2.607},
    {3.646,2.585,-2.327},
    };
       
       
       float mouse[12][3];
       int i,j;
       
       for(i=0;i<12;i++)
       for(j=0;j<3;j++)
       mouse[i][j]=0;
       
       
       
       **mouse=SV(cat); 
      
      
       for(i=0;i<12;i++)
      {
    	  { for(j=0;j<3;j++)
                     printf("mouse %8.3f\t", mouse[i][j]);
              }
                           printf("\n");
         }
       
       
       return 0;
    }
    This only prints the first element, [0][0].
    can you please tell what am I doing wrong?
    thanks in advance

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    Because you are still only returning a single float value - just going via a double-pointer.

    I would pass the mouse array into the SV function (along with the cat array).

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    I think return dog will do

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