PROBLEM RETURNING Values.. Please HELP!

I'm trying to do a program, where i call method, and send a variable to it, then I need to return 2 values from the called method. Here's my code. I guess what i'm trying to find out is if a method can even return 2 separate values. The method is called in order(), and the variable userName is sent to it. Method: getSizeAndIng(), returns 2 variables, and i need something to catch it in order(). Any help would be greatly appreciated.
--Paul
phobson@ucsd.edu

void order()
{
string userName;
int size;
int ing_price;

userName = getUserName();
echoName( userName );

size, ing_price = getSizeAndIng( userName );

calculate( size, ing_price );

cin.ignore();
hitEnter();
return;

}




getSizeAndIng( string& userName )
{
int size;
int ing_price;

cout << "\t" << userName << ", please enter the pizza size (5-25 inches in diameter), SPACE\n"
<< "\tand the price of ingredients (10-15 cents per square inch of pizza),\n"
<< "\tlike 5 10: ";
cin >> size >> ing_price;

echoInfo(userName, size, ing_price);

hitEnter();
return size, ing_price;
}

For the second bold text I suggest you to let the funciton getSizeAndIng take another parameter and retun it.

Precisely:
int getSizeAndIng( a& , b&); should be the prototype.

Thus parameter 'b' will return size while
return value of function would return the price.

Thus your function should look like,If I have understood your intentions correctly, :-

//initialize size = 0
int getSizeAndIng( string& userName, int& iSize );
{

.....
//calculations or entry of i_size.
cin>>size
//Since iSize is passed as call by ref,any change of value inside will be reflected.
....

return ing_price;
}

Thus , in a way, your funtion returns
ing_price and size simultaneously.

Hey Phobson!

Why not use a simple struct? define a struct with the two values and return that. If you want to do it more oop, you can for example, return an object that contains:


that way, you return an object (the management is yours alone) and simply ask for the variables with the mentioned mehods.

Of course, Cirus'es solution - hi Cirus, how's it going? - is another posibility to go...

Good Luck...

Anibal.

I concur your approach. Good alternative indeed. But Paul was concerned with functions. A third alternative is to use variable argument function.There will be no restrictions on the number.