From: Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
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Subject: Re: Help Me!
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On Tue, 25 Apr 2000 11:57:14 GMT, ahj372 AT my-deja DOT com wrote:

>I can't seem to figure out how to get a function
>to return an array of characters. For instance:
>
>char string()
>{
>return "This never works!!!";
>}

You have to pass the array as a pointer.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

void string(char *str)
{
  strcpy(str, "Hello World");
}

int main()
{
  char hello[256];

  string(hello);
  puts(hello);
  return 0;
}

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