Odin by Example: Multiple return values

Procedures in Odin can return multiple values. This is commonly used to return a result along with additional information, such as an error or status.

Return types are listed inside parentheses after the -> operator. Multiple values are returned using the return statement.

$ odin run multiple-return-values.odin -file
7 3
Odin language

package main

import "core:fmt"

// Divide returns both the quotient and remainder.
divide :: proc(a, b: int) -> (int, int) {
	return a / b, a % b
}

// split returns two strings.
split :: proc() -> (string, string) {
	return "Odin", "language"
}

main :: proc() {
	quotient, remainder := divide(31, 4)
	fmt.println(quotient, remainder)

	first, second := split()
	fmt.println(first, second)
}

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