Jul 4, 2011 · Here is the natural extension of this question: How to pass a multidimensional array to a function in C and C++. And here are several of my approaches to that problem.

VIII.6: How can you pass an array to a function by value? Answer: An array can be passed to a function by value by declaring in the called function the array name with square brackets ([ and …

An array passed to a function is converted to a pointer. When you pass a pointer as argument to a function, you simply give the address of the variable in the memory.

Dec 14, 2014 · You pass a pointer to an array of 10 int *, but func expects an int** (which is expected to be a pointer to the first element of an array of (10, presumably) int* s).

C does not really have multi-dimensional arrays, but there are several ways to simulate them. The way to pass such arrays to a function depends on the way used to simulate the multiple …

Nov 21, 2011 · When passing an array to a function in C, you should also pass in the length of the array, since there's no way of the function knowing how many elements are in that array …

Sep 21, 2015 · All functions that look like they take arrays actually take pointers and it is illegal to declare a function returning an array. All parameters, including pointers, are always passed by …

Oct 16, 2013 · An array in C may be treated as a pointer to the first element of the array. The pointer is passed by-value (you cannot modify the value passed in), but you can dereference it …

Jul 30, 2012 · When you say foo (*array), you're decaying the array into a pointer to the first element, in order to dereference that element, giving you the first character. That's what you're …

Jul 4, 2016 · As such, it doesn't achieve anything really different from passing a pointer to the first element. If the function can be passed different arrays, or each array's size isn't fixed, you …