Question

I am trying to return a pointer from a function. But I am getting a segmentation fault. Someone please tell what is wrong with the code

#include <stdio.h>

int *fun();

main()
{
    int *ptr;
    ptr = fun();
    printf("%d", *ptr);
}

int *fun()
{
    int *point;
    *point = 12;
    return point;
}

Answer 1

Allocate memory before using the pointer. If you don’t allocate memory *point = 12 is undefined behavior.

int *fun()
{
    int *point = malloc(sizeof *point); /* Mandatory. */
    *point=12;  
    return point;
}

Also your printf is wrong. You need to dereference (*) the pointer.

printf("%d", *ptr);
             ^