Re: Return a variable number of values from function

[Siome Klein Goldenstein <siome@...>]

On Sun, Nov 18, 2001 at 11:38:50PM +0100, Matthias Gall wrote:
> > function foo()
> >    return 6, "hello", {}, 32
> > end
> >
> > local  a, b, c, d = foo()
> >
> > Steve
> 
> Thank you, Steve. Unfortunately, this is not a variable number of return
> values. I am searching for a way to return one time 1, another time 2, ...,
> or even 100 values without a need to bother about the size of the
> destination.
> 
> Some pseudo code:
> Result = Foo()
> NumValues = sizeof(Result)
> FirstValue = Result[0]
> LastValue = Result[NumValues-1]
> 
> Is something like this possible in LUA?
> 
> Greetings,
> Matt


function foo ()
  return {6, "hello", {}, 32}
end

Result = foo()
NumValues = getn(Result)
FirstValue = Result[1]
LastValue = Result[NumValues]


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