Question

I have a Java method which returns an array of doubles. I would then like to store these values in individual variables in the calling function. Is there an elegant way of doing this in Java.

I could write it as this:

double[] returnValues = calculateSomeDoubles(); double firstVar  = returnValues[0]; double secondVar = returnValues[1]; 

I was just wondering if there was some way of compressing this down to a single line? Something like:

(firstVar, secondVar) = calculateSomeDoubles(); 

This type of thing is quite easy when scripting, but the stronger typing of Java means it probably isn’t possible.

Answer 1

Basically no, this isn’t possible.

You’ll have to return an object that contains the values.

MyObject myObject = calculateMyObject();