Message-Id:	<199711082153.QAA22413@delorie.com>
From:	"sl" <SL AT usemail DOT com>
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Date:	Sat, 08 Nov 97 16:58:25
Reply-To:	"sl" <SL AT usemail DOT com>
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Subject:	Program with functions

Hi,

	I'm experiencing problems using functions. For the last while I've been using:

char *add(char *first, char*second)
{
  int result;
  result=first+second;
  return(result);
}

	Problem is that RESULT is a local variable and when you return it it gets destroyed before it reachs 
the caller (because it is a local variable and naturally all local variables are destroyed when the function is 
complete.) So, how am I suppose to make this function work? In reality, the REAL function I'm working on is:
"File.getname(BYTE mode)" whereby File is a class and getname() returns different components of the 
filename depending on MODE (i.e. name, extention, drive etc.)

Gili

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