Return to a char[]
If I have a variable initialised as so...
I want to use a function which takes in say a full name and returns it to this variable.Code:char name[50];
I appreciate that it is not possible to pass or return an array.
However, is there anyway I can return a string from a function into that exact variable 'name' (which is defined as above)
Thanks
You can pass the array (it decays to a pointer) to the function and let the function fill it with the full name. You would also need to pass the size of the array unless you intend to fix it at 50.
However, have you considered using std::string instead?
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I can do it with string and it is all very smart and nice.
Its just I seen this question which wants it to be returned into the char array. So I'm interested to see how/if this would work.
Thanks for your reply.
Also,
What wouldI return from the function?
void? bool to indicate success? char* to the beginning of the same array (for convenience)?
I might be wrong.
Quoted more than 1000 times (I hope).Thank you, anon. You sure know how to recognize different types of trees from quite a long way away.
If you are looking for this kind of syntax:Its just I seen this question which wants it to be returned into the char array. So I'm interested to see how/if this would work.
then no, it will not work.Code:name = foo();
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Now your Name from wherever you passed it will be changed to whatever is input. Keep in mind there is no size checking here.Code:void GetName(char * Name) { cin >> Name; }
Okay,
Please clarify...
I cannot return a string into the char[]???
ie) name = func(...)
Thanks
Yes. In fact, I thought you already knew that you could not assign to an array since you noted that "it is not possible to pass or return an array".
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