Return multiple values to a method caller

Question

I read the C++ version of this question but didn\'t really understand it.

Can someone please explain clearly if it can be done and how?

Answer 1

No, you can't return multiple values from a function in C# (for versions lower than C# 7), at least not in the way you can do it in Python.

However, there are a couple alternatives:

You can return an array of type object with the multiple values you want in it.

private object[] DoSomething()
{
    return new [] { 'value1', 'value2', 3 };
}

You can use out parameters.

private string DoSomething(out string outparam1, out int outparam2)
{
    outparam1 = 'value2';
    outparam2 = 3;
    return 'value1';
}