Returning arrays

The simplest way is to make this array global:

int randomnumbers[300];

int randomgenerator()
{
...
}

int main()
{
...
}

Data is divided into several types from "visibility" point of view. Most common are "local" and "global".
"Global" can be "seen" or used by any function, but local can be used only within the function it declared.
Also it is possible to transfer data from function to function.
Therefore to access randomnumbers from main() you have two major options:
1) Make randomnumbers array as global
2) Return its pointer to main() in randomgenerator() call

Last method is much more popular than global data.

It can be something like this:

int randomgenerator( int *randomnumbers )
{
...
}

int main()
{
  int randomnumbers[300];

  randomgenerator( randomnumbers );
...
}

Tabris42

Try again

I posted the solution in the other link.................

just so that you have it also here

The problem is the following

When you assign the values to the vector, then, you continue printing the pointer from the end of the vector, so you're printing places where the data has not been assigned..........


    for(i = 0;i < cantElements; randomnumbers++, i++){
         *randomnumbers = (rand() % (max - limit)) + limit;
    }
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Here, as you don't reassign randomnumbers, you will print all the values stored after the end of the data stored
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

    for(i = 0;i < cantElements; randomnumbers++, i++){
         printf("%d", *randomnumbers );
         if (i%14){
             printf(" ");
         }else{
             printf("\n");
         }
    }

Do as the following

void randomgenerator( int * randomnumbers, int cantElements )
{
   int limit = 1000; int max= 9999; int i; int randentry;
   int * tempPointer;

   printf("Enter a seed for random generation: ");
   scanf("%d", &randentry);

   if (randentry == 0){
      randentry = time(0);
   }
   printf("\n");
   srand(randentry);

   // Assign the pointer to use with the original origin of the vector
   tempPointer = randomnumbers;
   for(i = 0;i < cantElements; tempPointer++, i++){
        *tempPointer = (rand() % (max - limit)) + limit;
   }

   // Reassign the pointer to use with the original origin of the vector
   tempPointer = randomnumbers;
   for(i = 0;i < cantElements; tempPointer++, i++){
        printf("%d", *tempPointer );
        if (i%14){
            printf(" ");
        }else{
            printf("\n");
        }
   }
    printf("\n");
    system("PAUSE");
}

I tested this and works just fine

Cheers

Tincho

Please check

https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/20785401/Confused-about-pointers.html

I'm just not getting the right numbers...

Sorry tabris, but please recheck your code

With the code i posted, it printed the random numbers in the function
and the same numbers in the main function

What do you mean by not getting the right numbers?

Tincho

What have you got in the main section?
My numbers come out garbled and messy, like really long negative numbers.

I hope this is what you need...........

Positive, neat output of the random numbers

Cheers

Tincho

Ok, silly error on my part, thank you!

Ok, glad it helped