Thread: Getting a function to return a string

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    Getting a function to return a string

    I'm trying to get a function to return a string with some user details in it, to a generic function that'll write it to a file. Does anyone know how to do this? My compiler doesn't like it when I do this
    Code:
    char Variable[100](int one, char two[20])
    Or does anyone know how to return more then one integer?
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    An Information w.r.t Arrays

    You cannot pass arrays across functions and you cannot return the same.

    1) You could do good to make the array as part of a structure / class and then return the object of the struct / class

    2) You could dynamically allocate memory for the array and return the starting address of the array and receive the same using a pointer
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    to return a string:

    #include <string>
    using namespace std;

    string functionName()
    {}

    to output it to a file:

    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    #include <fstream>
    #include <string>
    using namespace std;
    
    int main()
    {
    	string stringName = "hello";
    
    	ofstream out("file2.txt");
    
    	out << stringName << endl;
    
    	out.close();
    
    	return 0;
    
    }

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    Originally posted by Terrance
    to return a string:

    #include <string>
    using namespace std;

    string functionName()
    {}

    oops, meant:

    string functionName()
    {

    return stringName;
    }

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    Cmon, use an std::string type! There's a ++ after that C, and don't forget that!

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    u can't return more than one value, you could use a reference parameter tho.

    void get_string(string &astring)
    {
    code;
    cin>>astring;
    }

    in main:

    string the_string;

    get_string(the_string);

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