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Thank you. &nbsp;You answered my question well.
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Thank you.  You answered my question well.

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If a function is already returning a 'char *' how can I get another 'char *' back from the function. &nbsp;I want to pass in another 'char *' but I may not know the size of it before I pass it in to the calling function. &nbsp;How can I achieve this?<br />
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If a function is already returning a 'char *' how can I get another 'char *' back from the function.  I want to pass in another 'char *' but I may not know the size of it before I pass it in to the calling function.  How can I achieve this?



trying to get two 'char *' back from a function

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