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int myFunction(char* anArrayOfChars) // a pointer to the array
{
    // function code ...
}

...

// calling code
char anArray[32];
// fill the array
int value = myFunction(anArray) // name of the array is a pointer to its content

void myFunc(char* somedata)
{
    strcpy(somedata, "Bad stuff");
    return;
}

//...
char myArray[] = "Good stuff";
myFunc(myArray);
printf("Returned value %s\n", myArray);

void myFunc(char* somedata)
{
    strcpy(somedata, "Good stuff");
    return;
}

//...
char myArray[] = "Bad stuff";
myFunc(myArray);
printf("Returned value %s\n", myArray);

Quote:

void myFunc(char* somedata)
{
strcpy(somedata, "Good stuff");
return;
}

//...
char myArray[] = "Bad stuff";
myFunc(myArray);
printf("Returned value %s\n", myArray);

fearless_ wrote:

My code is stashed with hacks

void myFunc(int* somedata, size_t data_len)
{
    for(size_t i = 0; i < data_len; ++i)
        somedata[i] *= 2;
    return;
}

//...
int myArray[] = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10);
const size_t arrLen = sizeof(myArray)/sizeof(myArray[0]);
myFunc(myArray), arrLen);
// ... etc

#if !defined(_countof)
#define _countof(_Array) (sizeof(_Array) / sizeof(_Array[0])) 
#endif

void myFunc(char somedata[])  // edited to remove * after char: see Richard's post below

void myFunc(char somedata[], size_t n)

Greg Utas wrote:

char* somedata[]