Need some pointers here

[Pooch74]

I'm trying to learn using pointers, and in the code below I can send variables to a function.
But the return is obviously wrong and I can't seem to figure it out.
What I want the function to return is the number of even number occurrences.
Any suggestions to where I go wrong would be much appreciated.
I've tried to comment to indicate where I'm struggling, although I'm sure you would see it anyway.

#include <stdio.h>

int countEven (int* numbers)
{
    int even[7];
    int i=0, j=0;
    
     for(i=0;i<7;i++)
    {
     if(numbers[i]%2 == 0)
     {
     even[j]=numbers[i];
     j++;
     }
     }
     printf ("%i\n", j);     //Checking if function works
     return;
     }

int main (void)
{
    int numbers[] = {2, 5, 10, 16, 31, 17, 30};
    int size=7;
    int j=0;

    countEven(&numbers);
    
    printf ("%i\n", countEven(numbers)); //return output causing problems
     
    system ("pause");
    return 0;
}

[creeps]

The main problem with your code is that the arrays should not be passed using the address operator (&). So if you wanted to pass the array to your countEven function, you'd use the following

countEven(numbers);

This is mainly because the name of the array is a pointer to its first element.

The second problem is that you've forgotten to put the j in your function's return statement.

Last but not least, the size and j variables inside main are not used, so you can get rid of them.

Here's how I'd write the above piece of code

#include <stdio.h>

int countEven (int *numbers)
{
    int even[7];
    int i=0, j=0;
    
    for(; i < 7; ++i)
        if(!(numbers[i] % 2))
            even[j++]=numbers[i];

    return j;
}

int main (void)
{
    int numbers[] = {2, 5, 10, 16, 31, 17, 30};

    countEven(numbers);
    
    printf ("%d\n", countEven(numbers));
     
    return 0;
}

[gerard4143]

Please note that the label 'numbers' is a pointer to the first element in the array numbers[]. So we can write your function call like below:

#include <stdio.h>

#define ARR_SIZE 7

int countEven (int* numbers)
{
	int i = 0;

	for (; i < ARR_SIZE; ++i)
		fprintf(stdout, "ans->%d\n", *(numbers + i));
	return 0;
}

int main (void)
{
	int numbers[] = {2, 5, 10, 16, 31, 17, 30};

	countEven(numbers);/*the array label numbers is a pointer to the first element of the array*/

	return 0;
}

You should be able to figure the rest out.

[Pooch74]

Awesome guys! It works like a charm now.
Thanks a lot for the help, every bit of advice certanily gives me a better understanding of how to use pointers.