C compilation error: expected expression before 'char'

Question

I am newbie to C and getting the compilation error in the following function.

int get_names(int students, char names[students][20])
{
        int i;
        for (i = 0; i < students; ++i)
        {
                printf("Enter name for Student %d: ", i);
                scanf("%s", names[i]);
        }
        return char names[students];
}

Error:

return char names[students];
error: expected expression before 'char'

Answer 1

Return statement does not require type name

Wrong

return char names[students];

Right Way

return names[students]; // No char