return array

[white axle]

how would i return an array from a function and use it in another function

char board[6][7]={"","","","","",""}
this is my array

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[vestal geyser]

you need to either create it from outside the function and pass it to the function to fill it or allocate it inside your function and return a pointer

[white axle]

so to return a pointer all i have to do is just
return board;

?

it gives me a warning if i do that

[vestal geyser]

yeah, that won't work

you would need a dynamic allocation for that

[white axle]

how would i do that

[vestal geyser]

in C you'd probably use malloc()

[white axle]

and theres no other way?

[cursive rain]

there are, but they're basically just different flavors of malloc

or passing in already-allocated memory as already suggested

[white axle]

is it because its a 2d array?

[cursive rain]

it's because an array inside your function will disappear when the function ends, so you can't use that to get the memory to return. So the memory needs to come from somewhere else, like malloc or from the caller

[white axle]

i think im gonna go back to python lol

[white axle]

alr ty ill figure it out

[vestal geyser]

any reason you're doing C and not C++?

[white axle]

this ones for a course

im supposed to learn c before cpp

thas what my teacher told me

[vestal geyser]

alright, good luck!

[white axle]

ty