How to return a local array from a C/C++ function

This is a C++ program return a local array from a function.

Algorithm

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   We can use dynamically allocated array to return a local array from function Array().
   Print the elements of the array.
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Example Code

 Live Demo

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int* Array() {
   int* a = new int[100];
   a[0] = 7;
   a[1] = 6;
   a[2] = 4;
   a[3] = 5;
   return a;
}
int main() {
   int* p = Array();
   cout <<"The elements are:"<< p[0] << " " << p[1]<<" " <<p[2] << " " << p[3];
   return 0;
}

Output

The elements are:7 6 4 5

Nitya Raut

Published on 29-Mar-2019 11:56:21