c - Trying to return char array via pointer and it's giving incorrect results -

my code is:

#include <stdio.h> #include <string.h> char *getuserinput() {     char command[65];      //ask user valid input     printf("please enter command:\n");     fgets(command, 65, stdin);      //remove newline     command[strcspn(command, "\n")] = 0;     return command; }  int main() {     char *reccommand = getuserinput();     printf("%s", reccommand);     return 0; } 

when code executed, console:

please enter command: test <-- command entered *weird unknown characters returned console* 

why there weird unknown characters being returned console instead of "test"?

it because returning value of local variable. try putting this:

char *getuserinput() {     static char command[65];      //ask user valid input     printf("please enter command:\n");     fgets(command, 65, stdin);      //remove newline     command[strcspn(command, "\n")] = 0;     return command; }