Returning two variables in a C++ function [duplicate]

Answer 1

You could write a simple struct that holds the variables and return it, or use an std::pair or std::tuple:

#include 

std::pair foo()
{
  return std::make_pair(42., 3.14);
}

#include 
#include  // C++11, for std::tie
int main()
{
  std::pair p = foo();
  std::cout << p.first << ", " << p.second << std::endl;

  // C++11: use std::tie to unpack into pre-existing variables
  double x, y;
  std::tie(x,y) = foo();
  std::cout << x << ", " << y << std::endl;

  // C++17: structured bindings
  auto [xx, yy] = foo(); // xx, yy are double
}