Is the return array a known size as indicated in your code sample? The only other gotcha I see besides the stack issues mentioned in answers is that if your return array is an indeterminate …

Jan 13, 2013 · If you want to return a single-dimension array from a function, you would have to declare a function returning a pointer. C does not advocate to return the address of a local …

In C a function can only return one element, so to return an array you must return a pointer which can contain the address of the first element of that array. And that's what you're doing in your …

Dec 26, 2013 · For one, declaring v in the function makes the array live only in that function. Once the function returns, that array is popped off the stack, and is likely to be modified after …

Aug 13, 2010 · However, you can return a pointer to an array by specifying the array's name without an index. If you want to return a single-dimension array from a function, you would …

Oct 6, 2016 · C programming does not allow to return an entire array as an argument to a function. However, you can return a pointer to an array by specifying the array's name without …

You can never return a stack-allocated (" auto ") variable of something other than a primitive (value) type, and struct s of such. For other types, you need to allocate the memory from the …

1 If you are passing array - a pointer of int, you don't need to return a changed array. The array that you passed will get changed. As @unwind suggested, you should pass number of …

A string array in C can be used either with char** or with char*[]. However, you cannot return values stored on the stack, as in your function. If you want to return the string array, you have …

Functions shall not have a return type of type array or function [...] Most commonly chosen alternatives are to return a value of class type where that class contains an array, e.g.