declaring a function that returns a pointer to 1-d array

[junky_fellow]

How can I declare a function that returns a pointer
to one dimensional array ?

[Emmanuel Delahaye]

ju**********@ya hoo.co.in wrote on 17/09/05 :

How can I declare a function that returns a pointer
to one dimensional array ?

Do your best effort nd post it. It's basic.

(hint : malloc())

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[Emmanuel Delahaye]

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ju**********@ya hoo.co.in wrote on 17/09/05 :

How can I declare a function that returns a pointer
to one dimensional array ?

Do your best effort and post it. It's basic.

(hint : malloc())
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Emmanuel
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"Mal nommer les choses c'est ajouter du malheur au
monde." -- Albert Camus.

[Vimal Aravindashan]

ju**********@ya hoo.co.in wrote:

How can I declare a function that returns a pointer
to one dimensional array ?

Like you declare any other funtion, just remember that the scope of
local variables are restricted to within the function. So you have to
return a pointer to dynamically allocated memory, or to a static variable.

cheers,
forayer

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[Keith Thompson]

ju**********@ya hoo.co.in writes:

How can I declare a function that returns a pointer
to one dimensional array ?

Do you really want a pointer to an array, or do you want a pointer to
its first element (which you can then use to access all the elements)?

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[junky_fellow]

Keith Thompson wrote:

ju**********@ya hoo.co.in writes:

How can I declare a function that returns a pointer
to one dimensional array ?

Do you really want a pointer to an array, or do you want a pointer to
its first element (which you can then use to access all the elements)?

I want a pointer to an array. (not the pointer to the first element).

[pete]

ju**********@ya hoo.co.in wrote:

Keith Thompson wrote:

ju**********@ya hoo.co.in writes:

How can I declare a function that returns a pointer
to one dimensional array ?

Do you really want a pointer to an array,
or do you want a pointer to
its first element
(which you can then use to access all the elements)?

I want a pointer to an array. (not the pointer to the first element).

/* BEGIN new.c */

#include <stdio.h>

int (*f(void))[11];

int main(void)
{
printf("f()[0][2] is %d.\n", f()[0][2]);
putchar('\n');
return 0;
}

int (*f(void))[11]
{
static int a[11] = {1, 3, 5, 7};

return &a;
}

/* END new.c */
--
pete

[Emmanuel Delahaye]

pete wrote on 17/09/05 :

int (*f(void))[11];

Scary !

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[Keith Thompson]

ju**********@ya hoo.co.in writes:

Keith Thompson wrote:

ju**********@ya hoo.co.in writes:

> How can I declare a function that returns a pointer
> to one dimensional array ?

Do you really want a pointer to an array, or do you want a pointer to
its first element (which you can then use to access all the elements)?

I want a pointer to an array. (not the pointer to the first element).

Ok. Why?

--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keit h) ks***@mib.org <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
San Diego Supercomputer Center <*> <http://users.sdsc.edu/~kst>
We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this.

[junky_fellow]

pete wrote:

ju**********@ya hoo.co.in wrote:

Keith Thompson wrote:

ju**********@ya hoo.co.in writes:
> How can I declare a function that returns a pointer
> to one dimensional array ?

Do you really want a pointer to an array,
or do you want a pointer to
its first element
(which you can then use to access all the elements)?

I want a pointer to an array. (not the pointer to the first element).

/* BEGIN new.c */

#include <stdio.h>

int (*f(void))[11];

int main(void)
{
printf("f()[0][2] is %d.\n", f()[0][2]);
putchar('\n');
return 0;
}

int (*f(void))[11]
{
static int a[11] = {1, 3, 5, 7};

return &a;
}

/* END new.c */

Thanx a lot ...