Returning an Array from a C++ Function

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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: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/845819/how-can-i-return-an-array http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2302279/return-an-array-in-c http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4138660/in-c-how-do-i-return-an-array-of-objects-from-a-function http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4253106/how-can-i-return-an-array-in-c-functions — Cascabel, Nov 30 '10 at 15:44

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 30 '10 at 15:41

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

answered Nov 30 '10 at 15:41

Šimon Tóth

Then how do things like `myString.c_str` work? – Maxpm Nov 30 '10 at 15:45
`c_str()` doesn't return array, it returns a pointer (to an internal buffer) – Šimon Tóth Nov 30 '10 at 15:46

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