>>>>>>Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I need a method of a object to return some strings (actually two). I can declare the variables as Private before calling the method and set the values of the variables inside the method.
>>>>>>Or I can declare the variables Local and pass them by reference (with @). Therefore, when passing by reference the variable value can be set within the method and afterward get the value.
>>>>>>What is better practice?
>>>>>
>>>>>Return an object based on empty with properties storing return values. This way you can return as many strings or not strings as you want
>>>>
>>>>I just did a little test. And it appears that creating an empty object is fairly simple
>>>>

>>>>oEmpty = CREATEOBJECT("empty")
>>>>ADDPROPERTY( oEmpty, "return_success",.T.)
>>>>ADDPROPERTY( oEmpty, "string1","abc")
>>>>ADDPROPERTY( oEmpty, "string2","123")
>>>>oEmpty.return_success = .F.
>>>>RETURN 
>>>>

>>>>
>>>>Thank you.
>>>
>>>I strongly suggest you to use "_.prg" ( https://github.com/nftools/underscore )
>>>
>>>With it you can get rid of addproperty, and instead just do:
>>>
>>>

>>>
>>>set path to "..\underscore" addititive
>>>
>>>oEmpty = CREATEOBJECT("empty")
>>>
>>>with _( m.oEmpty )
>>>   .return_success = .T.
>>>   .string1 = "abc"
>>>   .string2 = 123
>>>endwith
>>>
>>>

>>
>>Thank you for your input. But why "strongly"? And what is the benefit of getting rid of addproperty?
>
>Actually you don't get rid of AddProperty, you just don't have to type it since the program does it for you. So he only benefit is a little less typing.

Thank you, Tore. Does not sound to me like so much of a benefit.