Re: More than one values returned?

Robert Cummings wrote: > On Mon, 2008-02-18 at 18:06 -0800, Nick Stinemates wrote: > >> C.R.Vegelin wrote: >> >>> <?php >>> $in = 4; >>> calcpows($in, $pow2, $pow4); >>> echo "in = $in pow2=$pow2 pow4=$pow4"; >>> >>> // define return fields as &$... >>> function calcpows($in, &$pow2, &$pow4) >>> { >>> $pow2 = $in * $in; >>> $pow4 = $pow2 * $pow2; >>> } >>> ?> >>> >>> HTH >>> >>> >> Thats a good example, and a good reason for passing values by Reference >> instead of by Value. >> >> I have found, however, that if I ever need to return /multiple/ values, >> it's usually because of bad design and/or the lack of proper encapsulation. >> > > You mean you've never had a function like getCoordinates()? Or > getUsers(), or any other of a zillion perfectly valid and reasonable > functions that return multiple values as an array? Wow, how odd! > > Cheers, > Rob. > getCoordinates() would return a Point object getUsers() would return a Group object... Not rocket science ;) -- ================== Nick Stinemates (nick@stinemates.org) http://nick.stinemates.org AIM: Nick Stinemates MSN: nickstinemates@hotmail.com Yahoo: nickstinemates@yahoo.com ==================