Return multiple values: Difference between revisions

<br>string into the desired substrings (or values, if you will) with the handy-dandy <tt> PARSE </tt> statement.

<lang REXX>/*REXX program shows examples of multiple RETURN values from a function.*/

numeric digits 70 /*default is: NUMERIC DIGITS 9 */

arg a b /*get 2 numbers from comand line.*/

say '** =' pow

exit

/*─────────────────────────────────────giveMeBackStuff subroutine───────*/

giveMeBackStuff: procedure; parse arg x,y

power = x**y

return addition subtract modulus divide intDiv multiply power

/*─────────────────────────────────────giveMeBackStuff2 subroutine──────*/

giveMeBackStuff2: procedure; parse arg x,y

'''output''' when invoked with the input: <tt> 82 20 </tt>

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