Returning an Array from a C++ Function [duplicate]

Question

Possible Duplicate:
howto return a array in a c++ method?

How can an array be returned from a function? I'm going for an effect like this:

int getArray()
{
    return {1, 2, 3, 4, 5};
}

...

int myArray[5] = getArray();

also: stackoverflow.com/questions/845819/how-can-i-return-an-array stackoverflow.com/questions/2302279/return-an-array-in-c stackoverflow.com/questions/4138660/… stackoverflow.com/questions/4253106/… — Cascabel
– Cascabel, Commented Nov 30, 2010 at 15:44

Šimon Tóth · Accepted Answer · 2010-11-30 15:41:42Z

0

Either dynamic allocation or std::vector. You can't return an array by value.

answered Nov 30, 2010 at 15:41

Šimon Tóth

36.7k21 gold badges115 silver badges154 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

2 Comments

Then how do things like myString.c_str work?

c_str() doesn't return array, it returns a pointer (to an internal buffer)