Elegant ways to return multiple values from a function

Question

It seems like in most mainstream programming languages, returning multiple values from a function is an extremely awkward thing.

The typical soluti

Answer 1

c#

public struct tStruct
{
    int x;
    int y;
    string text;
    public tStruct(int nx, int ny, string stext)
    {
         this.x = nx;
         this.y = ny;
         this.text = stext;
    }
}

public tStruct YourFunction()
{
    return new tStruct(50, 100, "hello world");
}

public void YourPrintFunction(string sMessage)
{
    Console.WriteLine(sMessage);
}

in Lua you call

MyVar = YourFunction();
YourPrintfFunction(MyVar.x);
YourPrintfFunction(MyVar.y);
YourPrintfFunction(MyVar.text);

Output: 50 100 hello world

Paul