Function help

[kylcrow]

this is my function...

int showScores(int player, int computer, int tie) {
  return (  cout << "User: " << player << endl
            << "Computer: " << computer << endl
            << "Ties: " << tie << endl;);
}

I get these error messages

hw3b.cc: In function 'int showScores(int, int, int)':
hw3b.cc: error: expected `)' before ';' token
hw3b.cc: error: invalid conversion from 'void*' to 'int'
hw3b.cc: error: expected primary-expression before ')' token
hw3b.cc: error: expected `;' before ')' token

Could anyone please tell me why I am getting these errors? I have been trying to figure this out for awhile to no avail.

[ndeniche]

First of all... what is the value you are telling the function to return? The third message means you cannot put a void function to be returned as an int function, so that's why you cannot tell the program to return "cout "

[ndeniche]

maybe you should make this function a void function and not an int function, this way you print the scroes in the function, without returning anything.

[kylcrow]

So how would I change that? Do I have to pass-by-reference the variableS?

[iamthwee]

If you don't know why your code is wrong you need to re-read your book/notes.