Re: Array Return

cplusplusquestion@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 said:

> 
>> It isn't clear what you mean by "will return a[MAX] value" but, since
>> there is no value available at array element a[MAX], it seems you may
>> want to return the entire array. The above code will not achieve this.
>> Instead, it will return &a[0]. That is probably adequate for your
needs,
>> however.
>>
> 
> for example:
> 
> const int MAX=20;
> int a[MAX];
> 
> int* return_a_value(){
>      return a;
> }
> 
> int main(){
>   for(int i=0; i<MAX; i++)
>      a[i] = 2;
>   int* b = return_a_value();

b now points to a[0]. Obviously *b will be 2, which doesn't help us much. 
But if we change the code to this:

  for(int i=0; i<MAX; i++)
     a[i] = i;
  int* b = return_a_value();

we can now say that *b will be 0.

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