Re: Procedure with multiple fields computed

[Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Buck Calabro wrote:

> Commonly, procedures that return a value are called "functions", like
> X=SIN(90).  That's certainly one way to look at procedures, but not the only
> way.  Sometimes you legitimately need to return multiple values, say
> converting a street address to latitude/longitude.  My parameter convention
> is input, modify, output, status, so I would have something like
>
> callp cvtToLatLong (inpAddressStruc: outLat: outLon: errCode)

Sheesh.  I've already done this, more than once, in the past.  I've
simply done so many procedures as 'functions' that I forgot what I
already know.

Thanks to all who responded.  I must be getting old.

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