Re: Return a string in C???

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From: chris
Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2003 17:42

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"R" <R@R.R> wrote in message news:<oVDAa.85219$Vi5.2444320@news1.calgary.shaw.ca>...
> Hey all!
> 
> Just learning C and I'm wondering how one would return a string from a
> function.
> 
> Basically, I'm passing in a float and returning a 1-3 character string based
> on the value of the float.
> 
> Is there a simple example that someone can provide?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> P.s.  Searching for "C" in Google and groups is a pain!   : )


you could have the function allocate the buffer and return the length:

int StringFunction (char ** buffer) {
    int bufferSize;
    ...
    *buffer = (char *)malloc(bufferSize);
    ...
    return bufferSize;
}

chris

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