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Idiom #20 Return two values

Implement a function search which looks for item x in a 2D matrix m.
Return indices i, j of the matching cell.
Think of the most idiomatic way in the language to return the two values at the same time.

function search($x, array $m): ?array
{
    for ($j = 0; $j < count($m); $j++) {
        if (($i = array_search($x, $m[$j])) !== false) {
            return [$i, $j];
        }
    }

    return null;
}
type Matrix is array (Positive range <>, Positive range <>) of Integer;

function Search (M : Matrix; X : Integer; I, J : out Integer) return Boolean is
begin
   for K in M'Range (1) loop
      for L in M'Range (2) loop
         if M (K, L) = X then
            I := K;
            J := L;
            return True;
         end if;    
      end loop;
   end loop;

   return False;
end Search;

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