[noodleboy347]

If I define a function and want to have it return a string, how could I accomplish this?

/dumbquestion

[psychonic]

Not possible in many cases and a bad idea in most others.

Instead, pass a string buffer and size as parameters to the function and have it write the string back to it.

[noodleboy347]

So just Format? Okay, thanks.

[psychonic]

Originally Posted by noodleboy347 So just Format? Okay, thanks.

Format works, or if you don't need to actually format it, you can use strcopy.

[Afronanny]

In SourcePawn, since there is no actual string type or pointers, only an array of numbers, ("String:" is just a tag), you cannot return a string. It just..isn't possible.

[psychonic]

Originally Posted by Afronanny you cannot return a string. It just..isn't possible.

Untrue, but I'm not going to elaborate because it's not "safe" and is generally a bad idea even where possible as I noted above.

[meng]

I tried to do it and it didn't work. Since I am a "master of masterminds", that should conclude this topic. Unless, you would like to talk about home-cooked pizza.

[berni]

PHP Code:

PrintToServer("String: %s", ReturnAString());

String:ReturnAString() {
    
    new String:str[] = "I return a String !";
    
    return str;
} 


However, assigning this String pointer to a var also didn't work for me.

[FaTony]

Uhh, can you do

PHP Code:

return "foo"; 


?

Btw you can use pointer arithmetic on strings in SP. Take a look at the source of StrCat.