Help about this code on UART receiving string..

[carlsfootprints]

mga sirs

di ko po magets ung function na ito..
galing din po ito dito sa thread ng elab..

unsigned char *ser_gets(void)
{
   unsigned char s[16];
   unsigned char index = 0x00;    

   while(rxoptr!=rxiptr)
   {
      s[index] = ser_getch();
      index++;
   }
   
    while(1)

   return s;
}

eto po ung questions ko: (andami)

1. tanong ko po ung  * ser_gets.. ibig sabihin po ba eh pointer ito?
2. tama po bang idagdag ko ito sa circular fifo serial routine ni sir zer0w1ng.
3. tapos pano po ko maitatransmit ulit ung string na nareceive? di ko kasi alam kung pano ko maiiistore ung received string tapos send ulit.. nagbasa ako about malloc() kaso di ko alam kung tama ba na un ang gamitin ko.. hehe.. hitech C compler ang gamit ko..

maraming salamat po  

[RiDdLeR???]

Have you tested if its working? 

I dont think it will work  ....  when the function returns, it will return the address of the variable s but the contents of s would no longer be there.  If you declare s to be a variable in main or as a global variable, then it should work.