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From: fargo@pawl.rpi.edu (Ethan M. Young)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
Subject: Re: function returning a record?
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Date: 1 Mar 89 06:49:15 GMT
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It's not that Turbo Pascal won't allow you to return a record, it's that your
method was slightly off.  Try this:

FUNCTION Complex_Add(z1,z2 : complex) : comples;

VAR
   temp : complex;   { Temporary variable }

BEGIN
   temp.x := z1.x + z2.x;
   temp.y := z1.y + z2.y;
   Complex_Add := temp;
END;

The method you were using wouldn't work as the function returns a record, but
is not itself a record.  Thus, using the '.' operator on it is invalid.

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