Returning array in C

[ToniAz]

Hello everyone!

I've been away from low level statement in C for a while. I'm having trouble with a function that should return an array of numbers.

double * f(s)
{
     double * p = (double **) malloc(a * b * sizeof(double));
     
     // operation on the array

     return p; 
}

The program crashes here although I have declared the variable that f returns to as double *. Now, I know I can do this

void f(double * p, s)
{    
     // operation on the array
}

But I prefer using the first one.

Any help is appreciated!

[SirSmilesaLot]

double * p = (double **) malloc(a * b * sizeof(double));

modify to:

double * p = (double *) malloc(a * b * sizeof(double));

i wonder how come the compiler didnt throw an error.