Continued confussion with C++

[klopyrev]

code:

// convert rectangular to polar coordinates polar rect_to_polar(rect xypos) {      polar answer;            answer.distance =             sqrt( xypos.x * xypos.x + xypos.y * xypos. y);      answer.angle = atan2(xypos.y, xypos.x);      return answer; }

Assuming the two structures used in that method are defined, wouldn't that method not work properly since the method returns a local variable that would cease to exist when the method returns?

KL

[wtd]

No.

The function works fine (assuming the struct types are properly defined). The struct is returned by value, rather than reference.

[klopyrev]

Thanks for the response. I figured it out on my own after rereading the chapter about functions.

KL