How to return a char array from function?

I'm using C language. I have a function called Reversal(char string[], char result_string[]). I need to reverse the alphabets in string and store the reversed string in result_string. Reversal has to return result_string to my main function. How do I make Reversal return an array? I tried using a pointer pointing to result_string, and returned the pointer, but only the first character, in result_string[0], got returned to main and not the whole array.





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I googled and searched yahoo answers and saw solutions involving something called malloc, and other complicated stuff. Is there a simpler way to do this?





I'm only in my first month into programming. So hopefully you guys can help with some simpler solutions please!

How to return a char array from function?
The standard and safest way to do this is to pass a pointer to an array along with its size to the function. The function then fills in the array.





The library function strnprintf is an example.





Your main would look like:





int main()


{


char myreturnarray[128];


fillinthearray(myreturnarry, sizeof(myreturnarray));


printf("array is now %26lt;%s%26gt;\n", myreturnarray);


return 0;


}





You would have a function that returns the characters:





void fillinthearray(char *thearray, int arraysize)


{


snprintf(thearray, arraysize, "filling in the array of size %d", arraysize);





}