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Bash v5 scripting: Method returns multiple values

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get_person_details() {
    local name="John"
    local age=25

    # Return the values
    echo "$name $age"
}

# Extract the values from the func
read -r name age <<< "$(get_person_details)"

echo "Name: $name"
echo "Age: $age"

# output:
Name: John
Age: 25