ashley maher wrote:
try this instead:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
int somefunction(char **string1)
{
char *string2 = "some words\0";
*string1 = (char *)calloc(strlen(string2 + 1), sizeof (char));
strcpy(*string1, string2);
return 0;
}
int main ()
{
char *string;
somefunction(&string);
printf ("\n\nString is: %s\n\n", string);
free (string);
return 0;
}
I presume this is for some school assignment, in which case you should
study more.
If not, you should be aware there is a function called strdup() which
does this.
Trent
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