Returning an array from a function

[bobito]

Hi, What are the different ways of returning an array from a function? Which is the best? Thanks.

[Bazzy]

You can return a pointer pointing to a dynamically generated array or use some sort of container class

[systempause]

Ummm maybe you can return an address in a funtion to obtain an array
Here is an example..

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
double *array_return(int n){
       double *new_array = new double[n];
       for(int i=0;i<n;++i) new_array[i] = 0.0;
       return new_array;
       }
int main()
{
    int n = 10;
    double *ptr;
    ptr = array_return(n);
    for(int i=0;i<n;i++) cout << *(ptr+i) << endl;
    
    return 0;
}

You can see above the function return an address and in the main function ptr is the first element of the array then you can access the other elements of array using fot loop

[bobito]

Thanks for the replies.