strtref.cpp

// strtref.cpp -- using structure references
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
struct sysop
{
	char name[26];
	char quote[64];
	int used;
};

const sysop & use(sysop & sysopref);		// function with a reference return type

int main ()
{
	sysop looper = 
	{
		"Rick \"Fortran\" Looper",
		"I'm a goto kind of guy",
		0
	};

	use(looper);							// looper is type sysop
	cout << "Looper: " << looper.used << " use(s)\n";
	sysop copycat;
	copycat = use(looper);
	cout << "Looper: " << looper.used << " use(s)\n";
	cout << "Copycat: " << copycat.used << " use(s)\n";
	cout << "use(looper): " << use(looper).used << " use(s)\n";

	return 0;
}

const sysop & use(sysop & sysopref)
{
	cout << sysopref.name << " says:\n";
	cout << sysopref.quote << endl;
	sysopref.used++;
	return sysopref;
}