function returning struct 1

[svar]

Ok, well a function can only return a scalar, so a pointer to the function
But I want to say
mystruct= *(myfunction(mystruct,....))

my_structure *myfunction(my_structure mystruct,....){
return(&mystruct); }


why does not this work and how can I accomplish it WITHOUT
passing &mystruct to the function
?

 

[Salem]

> Ok, well a function can only return a scalar,
Functions can return structs - so long as your compiler is an ANSI compiler.
If it's some old fossil from before the time a 286 seemed like a really good processor, you may have problems.

typedef struct {
    int frequency;
    int length;
} foo_st;

foo_st func ( void ) {
    foo_st result = { 1, 2 };
    return result;
}

Then you just say
somevar = func();

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[svar]

So much for old K&R. So the only thing a function does not return is an array, right?

 

[Salem]

> So much for old K&R
Yeah, the one without a big [tt]ANSI C[/tt] stamped on the front is not really appropriate for modern C programming.

> So the only thing a function does not return is an array, right?
Correct, you can't return an array as a value
But you can always return a pointer to an array

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