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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.

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.

Code 
bool _search(const Matrix& _m, const float _x, size_t* const out_i, size_t* const out_j) {
  for (size_t j = 0; j < _m.rows; j++) {
    for (size_t i = 0; i < _m.cols; i++) {
      if (_m.at(i, j) == _x) {
         *out_i = i;
         *out_j = j;
         return true;
      }
    }
  }
  return false;
}