Question

I have the following code :

public object[] Dispatch(string arg)
{
    int time;
    int i = 0;
    object[] array = new object[10];
    if (int.Parse(arg) >= 0 && int.Parse(arg) <= 20)
    {
        array[i] = new ComputeParam(int.Parse(arg));
    }
    else
    {
        if (arg[0] == '/' && arg[1] == 't')
        {
            Options opt = new Options();
            time = opt.Option(arg);
        }
    }
    return array;
}

I pass arguments to my program and ArgsParser either puts them into an array if they are numbers or sets a delay time if the argument is something like /t:=Max.
The thing is I need both the array and the time and I can’t return two values. How can I go about solving this problem?

Answer 1

You can use a return class for that, just create a custom object:

public class DataRC {
      public object[] aObj { get; set;}
      public DateTime dtTime {get; set;}
}

and change your function, so:

public class ArgsParser
{

   public DataRC Dispatch(string arg)
   {
       DataRC dResult = new DataRC();
       int time;
       int i = 0;
       dResult.aObj = new object[10];
       if (int.Parse(arg) >= 0 && int.Parse(arg) <= 20)
       {
           dResult.aObj[i] = new ComputeParam(int.Parse(arg));
       }
       else
       {
           if (arg[0] == '/' && arg[1] == 't')
           {
               Options opt = new Options();
               // Is this where you need the time?
               dResult.dtTime = opt.Option(arg);
           }
       }
       return dResult;
   }
 }
}