Converting int to UserStruct on function call

[Studlyami]

I know that title isn't a great description so I apologize , but i don't know how to summaries it (probably also why i can't find any information online). I have a struct that contains 3 ints (used for coordinates) and i want a function to be able to pass in 3 ints and have the struct convert the 3 ints into a struct object.

struct  VectorCords
{
     int x, y, z;
};
 
DoSomething (VectorCords VectorInfo) //Function that accepts VectorCords Struct
{
 . . . 
}
 

I want to be able from main or another function to pass in somthing like

DoSomething (5,7,12);
and have the object of VectorCords take those 3 ints and create an object of the struct. I know i can overload the function, but that seem like adding a lot of code for having the same values. Any ideas or any technical terms i can research to find the answer?

[Ganon11]

This should be a fairly simple function. Just to make sure I understand you, you want a function DoSomething that will accept three int arguments and, from this data, create a VectorCords object, which I presume you will then return?

Well, I gather you can write the function header to properly accept the three ints. Then, you need to create a VectorCords pointer and allocate memory by using the new operator. Finally, you need to manually set the x, y, and z variables in the VectorCords object to your int arguments, and then return the pointer. You must do this with a pointer, because if you created an object normally within the function, it would be de-allocated after the function returned.

[Studlyami]

No i want the function DoSomething to accept a VectorCord object. What i want to happen is if for some reason the function gets passed 3 ints instead of a VectorCord i want those 3 int to be automatically assigned to x, y,z. Is there a way for this to happen without overloading the function.

ex

DoSomthing (VectorCordStuc ObjectOfStruct)
{
. . .
}

now during the program runnign
DoSomthing (VectorObject) //a vector cord stuct object
DoSomthing (2,6,8) // these int values get passed to do the same function

[Ganon11]

The only way you could solve this problem is to overload the function. Now, you could have the function accept three ints, make a temporary VectorCords object, and call the same function using the object, but the fact is you will have to overload the function.

[Studlyami]

Darn, oh well Thanks!