Returning a string from function

**badmantel** · 10-30-2003

How do I return an string from a function.
VB:

Code:

  
void main {
     Char str[];
     str=getstr():
     printf("%s",str);
    }   
  
   getstr() {
       string="I work";
      }

**twm** · 10-30-2003

You can't return arrays, only pointers to char and pointers to arrays. So your code would look like this:

Code:

char *getstr() {
        return "I work";
}

int main {
        char *str;

        str = getstr():
        printf("%s", str);
}

**joshdick** · 10-30-2003

You could return an STL string. Those are much easier to work with anyway. You can do that like any other function:

Code:

string my_func();

**alpha** · 10-30-2003

oh, and don't use void main.

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