Thread: Printing a return value

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    Thumbs up Printing a return value

    How can one print the return value of a function? For example, you have an 'Add' function which returns the sum of two argument integers. However, when you return a value, and run the function, the value is not printed. So what is the best way to print such a value?

    I know I could do this, but I don't want to:
    Code:
    int Add(int num1, int num2)
    {
         int sum;
         
         sum=num1+num2;
         
         cout << sum;
    }
    I tried 'couting' a function with a return value, and this works, but is this legal?
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    EDIT - Whoops. I completely misinterpreted what you meant. Sorry.

    Do what Mario said. Alternatively -

    int Result = Add( 4, 2 );
    std::cout<< Result;
    But there's no reason why you should need the int variable
    Last edited by twomers; 10-01-2006 at 08:34 AM. Reason: Code Coloring :)

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    Code:
    std::cout << Add(12, 23);
    and you can remove the cout from inside the function
    Originally Posted by brewbuck:
    Reimplementing a large system in another language to get a 25% performance boost is nonsense. It would be cheaper to just get a computer which is 25% faster.

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    Code:
    int Add(int num1, int num2)
    {
         int sum;
         
         sum=num1+num2;
         
         cout << sum;
    }
    This code is wrong because this function should return an int.

    Code:
    int Add(int num1, int num2)
    {     
        return(num1+num2);
         
    }
    This one returns the sum of its arguments so you can print them if you want.

    Code:
    cout << Add(3, 9);
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    Oh ok, so it is fine to 'cout' a function?
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    >> Oh ok, so it is fine to 'cout' a function?

    As long as the function return something cout-able.

    If I had a class like so

    Code:
    class thing
    {
    private:
    	int MyInt;
    	std::string MyString;
    
    public
    	thing();
    };
    And tried to cout an instance, it won't work. You'll have to overload a << function to define how it acts in that respect. Same with (i)(o)fstreams

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    as twomers said with the addition that you will not be couting a function. The function will be evaluated and it is the return value that is used by the cout object
    Originally Posted by brewbuck:
    Reimplementing a large system in another language to get a 25% performance boost is nonsense. It would be cheaper to just get a computer which is 25% faster.

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