scope and freestore

[Geminias]

if i make a function and i create a variable on the freestore and a pointer to point to its location, how do i get access to that variables value once the function returns. i'm guess i have to make the pointer public somehow? or how would i do this besides put it into a class and declare it public?

[wtd]

Have the function return the pointer.

c++:

int *foo() {    return new int(42); } int main() {    int *bar = foo(); }

[Geminias]

good, the only thing is i'd hate to have to make a function for each pointer i'd like to return, what's the format for returning multiple items? or can you return multiple items? lol

eg. return 0; //0 is one item.
return 0 << 3 << 5; // if the sytanx were correct it would return 3 items.

[wtd]

If you dynamically allocate an array, you can return it as a pointer.

c++:

int *foo() {    int *output = new int[2];    output[0] = 4;    output[1] = 5;    return output; } int main() {    int *bar = foo(); }

Or you could use a std::vector, or a std::pair object.

Other languages make it much easier to return multiple values.

[Geminias]

great, thanks.