I understand that when you put things in the parentheses
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int example(int a, int b)
{
// code here
}
you can use the function with other variables. I'm wondering if however when you return a variable if you can use it in other .cpp files. I have an integer that tells the program what kind of race the user is, but I'd prefer not to have it as a global variable.
what you could do is have what most people call a "getter" function and have that function be declared globally and have it just return the race variable, but define that variable and the function in a separate .cpp file.