C++ crash Segmentation fault: 11

Question

I have been working on a program to test out a few string manipulation possibilities. It is basically supposed to read a string list and be able to find a character's neighbors to go through the strings as a circuit. Here's the code:

    #include <iostream>
    #include <string>
    #include <sstream>
    #include <fstream>

    std::string grid[20]={" "};

    std::string get(int string, int member){
      return grid[string].substr(member,1);
    }
    std::string* getNeighbors(int string, int member){
      std::string neighbors[4];
      neighbors[0]=grid[string-1].substr(member,1);//up
      neighbors[1]=grid[string+1].substr(member,1);//down
      neighbors[2]=grid[string].substr(member-1,1);//left
      neighbors[3]=grid[string].substr(member+1,1);//right
      std::string* p=neighbors;
      return p;//Returns up,down,left,right.
    }
    int main(int argc, char** argv){
      grid[1]="@----^---0";
      grid[2]="abcdefghi0";
      grid[3]="jklmnopqr0";//TODO Change to read of txt*/
      std::string* neighbors;
      for(int i=0;grid[1].length()>i;i++){
        neighbors=getNeighbors(2,1);
        if(neighbors[3]=="-" | neighbors[3]=="^"){
          std::string r=get(1,i);
          (r!="0") ? std::cout<<r:0;//Dangerous. TODO Unknown symbol handling
          std::cout<<neighbors[3];
        }
      }
    }

This compiles well, but has the runtime error "Segmentation fault: 11". I am using several subjects and techniques that I am not used to and am likely misusing. Any help would be great.

Answer 1

std::string neighbors[4]; is stack allocated. When you go out getNeighbors it looses scope. Try to put it other place (even globaly, just as a proof of concept). A better design should be pass this as parater to your function.

void getNeighbors(int string, int member, std::vector<std::string>& neighbors){
      ;
      neighbors[0]=grid[string-1].substr(member,1);//up
      neighbors[1]=grid[string+1].substr(member,1);//down
      neighbors[2]=grid[string].substr(member-1,1);//left
      neighbors[3]=grid[string].substr(member+1,1);//right
    }

EDIT:

#include <iostream>
    #include <string>
    #include <sstream>
    #include <fstream>

    std::string grid[20]={" "};
    std::string neighbors[4]; //<---------------------------

    std::string get(int string, int member){
      return grid[string].substr(member,1);
    }
    std::string* getNeighbors(int string, int member){
      neighbors[0]=grid[string-1].substr(member,1);//up
      neighbors[1]=grid[string+1].substr(member,1);//down
      neighbors[2]=grid[string].substr(member-1,1);//left
      neighbors[3]=grid[string].substr(member+1,1);//right
      std::string* p=neighbors;
      return p;//Returns up,down,left,right.
    }
    int main(int argc, char** argv){
      grid[1]="@----^---0";
      grid[2]="abcdefghi0";
      grid[3]="jklmnopqr0";//TODO Change to read of txt*/
      std::string* neighbors;
      for(int i=0;grid[1].length()>i;i++){
        neighbors=getNeighbors(2,1);
        if(neighbors[3]=="-" | neighbors[3]=="^"){
          std::string r=get(1,i);
          (r!="0") ? std::cout<<r:"0";//Dangerous. TODO Unknown symbol handling
          std::cout<<neighbors[3];
        }
      }
    }

The neighbors now is global (I don´t like this, but do the job for the POC).

Answer 2

getNeighbors（）返回一个指向局部变量的指针。