Thread: returning an array from a function

Hi, I think that I am having some conceptual problems with pointers. I have an Integer Array being created and used in a function, and I would like to return the array back into my main().

This would seem easy, but in the books they speak of using pointers instead of my array. Do I need to change it to a pointer and then return it? Please tell me what I have done wrong.

This is a sample program that does the same thing as I want.

Code:

int function()
{
     int x1[4];
     int a;
     for(a = 0; a < 4; a++)
     {
          x1[a] = a;
     }
     return x1;
}

int main()
{
     int x2[4];
     x2 = function();
     return 0;
}

Thanks a lot for your time!

Of Course! Thanks a lot, I really appreciate your help!