C# Returning multiple values

Question

I've the following code and it seems to work but how do I make it so that when the recursive is finished, it return more than one variable? Right now it's only return one value, how do I change the sub below to return more than one value like an integer and a string. Thanks in advance.

using System;

class Program
{
static int Recursive(int value, ref int count)
{
count++;
if (value >= 10)
{
// throw new Exception("End");
return value;
}
return Recursive(value + 1, ref count);
}

static void Main()
{
int count = 0;
int total = Recursive(5, ref count);
Console.WriteLine(total);
Console.WriteLine(count);
}
}

Vulpes · Answer

You can use Tuples (.NET 4.0 or later) to return multiple values but here I'd just use an additional ref or out parameter: using System; class Program { static int Recursive(int value ref int count  out string status ) { count++; status = Starting recursion; if (value >= 10) { // throw new Exception(End); status = Finished recursion!; return value; } return Recursive(value + 1 ref count  out status ); } static void Main() { int count = 0; string status; // no need to initialize for 'out' parameter int total = Recursive(5 ref count  out status ); Console.WriteLine(total); Console.WriteLine(count); Console.WriteLine(status); } }