Function Return Char[]

[david]

Hi All,

I just want to write a function return char array,but I cant. I am not
good at C++ 's concept since I used to use Java before. Would you please
help me to fix that ? Thanks..

Best Regards,
David

[david]

Thanks a lot.
"Kevin Goodsell" <us*********************@neverbox.com> ?????
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david wrote:

Hi All,

I just want to write a function return char array,but I cant. I am not good at C++ 's concept since I used to use Java before. Would you please help me to fix that ? Thanks..

Arrays are not "First class citizens" in C++. They cannot be passed to a
function or returned from a function (not directly, anyway). You have a
few options.

1. You can return a pointer to an array.
2. You can return some kind of class object containing an array.
3. You can return a container, such as std::vector.

I'd recommend option 3.

Option 1 has a few gotchas, such as 1) you'd damn well better not return
a pointer to a local automatic array, 2) if you return a static array
you might have problems because a second call to the function will
modify the result from an earlier call, and 3) if you return a dynamic
array, the caller has to be sure to free that array.

Option 2 is not very elegant or flexible.

-Kevin
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[Kevin Goodsell]

david wrote:

Hi All,

I just want to write a function return char array,but I cant. I am not
good at C++ 's concept since I used to use Java before. Would you please
help me to fix that ? Thanks..

Arrays are not "First class citizens" in C++. They cannot be passed to a
function or returned from a function (not directly, anyway). You have a
few options.

1. You can return a pointer to an array.
2. You can return some kind of class object containing an array.
3. You can return a container, such as std::vector.

I'd recommend option 3.

Option 1 has a few gotchas, such as 1) you'd damn well better not return
a pointer to a local automatic array, 2) if you return a static array
you might have problems because a second call to the function will
modify the result from an earlier call, and 3) if you return a dynamic
array, the caller has to be sure to free that array.

Option 2 is not very elegant or flexible.

-Kevin
--
My email address is valid, but changes periodically.
To contact me please use the address from a recent posting.

[A]

Hi All,

I just want to write a function return char array,but I cant. I am not good at C++ 's concept since I used to use Java before. Would you please help me to fix that ? Thanks..

Either return a std::string (preferable) or a pointer to an array of char
that has been either statically or dynamically allocated.

#include <string>

class Foo{
public:
string func1();
char[] func2();
}
...

[Artie Gold]

A wrote:

Hi All,

I just want to write a function return char array,but I cant. I am

not

good at C++ 's concept since I used to use Java before. Would you

please

help me to fix that ? Thanks..

Either return a std::string (preferable) or a pointer to an array of char
that has been either statically or dynamically allocated.

#include <string>

class Foo{
public:
string func1();

OK.
char[] func2(); No, you can't do that. Please reread my quoted response.
}
..

Cheers,
--ag
--
Artie Gold -- Austin, Texas

[John L Fjellstad]

david wrote:

I just want to write a function return char array,but I cant. I am not
good at C++ 's concept since I used to use Java before. Would you please
help me to fix that ? Thanks..

Even in Java, you can't return an array, can you? You can return a
std::vector, that corresponds to Vector in Java.

--
John L. Fjellstad

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