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Originally Posted by [HLF]Southclaw If you return the string directly, you can't specify an array size, it's constrained to the size defined in the array declaration in the function! pawn Код: print(randomString(12)); You may think that's easier to write but I think flexibility is more important: pawn Код: new txt[400]; randomString(txt, 400); print(txt); pawn Код: new txt[2]; randomString(txt, 2); print(txt); Etc... I used to think the direct return was good, until I ran into an array size problem with my file script. It used to do this: string = file_GetStr("key"); But that pre-defined the return string as 128 cells, no more, no less. So now it works like this: file_GetStr("key", string); Which also means I can do stuff like: pawn Код: new name[24]; file_GetStr("PlayerName", string); // I'm getting a player name from a file, it's no more than 24 characters! new banreason[128]; file_GetStr("PlayerBanReason", banreason); // Now I'm getting something a little longer The old system would have complained: pawn Код: new name[24]; name = file_GetStr("PlayerName"); // Error: "Array sizes do not match or destination array is too small" Understand why I pointed that out now?

Yea, thanks.
"But that pre-defined the return string as 128 cells, no more, no less."
But actually, functions can return strings less than defined array size.
For example

pawn Код:

string_return()
{
new string[500];
format(string, 500, "Hello world!");
return string;
}
main()
{
new string[13];
format(string, 13, "%s", string_return());
print(string);
}

will return correct string;