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Invalid memory access when trying to dereference a pointer obtained through a function call

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Hey, regarding a question on returning pointers as functions, why does my code produce this error & won't print out the sum = 6? Code error Pop-up error message

#include<stdio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>

int *Add(int *a, int *b){ 
    int c = (*a) + (*b);     
    return &c;
}

int main (){ 
    int x=2, y=4;
    int *Ptr = Add(&x,&y); 
    printf("Sum = %d\n",*Ptr);
}
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Alexei‭ wrote almost 3 years ago

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dumplings‭ wrote almost 3 years ago

Okay, apologies for any inconvenience caused.