Question

const char* returnStr()
{
    char time[40] = {"France"};
    char* time1;

    time1 = time;

    return time1;
}

int main(int argc, char* argv[])    {
    printf ("return String is %s\n",returnStr());
}

This code returns some junk characters. Won’t the const char* not enough to return the local char pointer? Do I have to use the static too in the function?

Answer 1

Do I have to use the static too in the function?

Yes. The const is just a qualifier on the return value, signaling to callers of returnStr that they shouldn’t modify the result of the function. It doesn’t change time‘s temporary character.