c - Why should a function not return a local array? -

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char* f() { char s[100]; //....function body code return s; } 

why should not written this?

s local variable exists within function.

once function exits, s no longer exists, , memory re-allocated other parts of program.

therefore, function returning pointer random meaningless block of memory.