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My question is related to this one:

Can a contract function both change the state and return a value when it's called externally

Question: How to read event/log content?

I have a contract like: 

contract  Aa {

 uint state;
 event CheckVal(bool value);
 function test() returns (bool ){

 bool temp=true;
 CheckVal(temp);
 state= 5;
 return temp; 
 }
}

I want to both change the state and get the returned value: "temp". I'm following the guide from here (the 1st usecase).

The problem is that when in my geth console, I put 

  exampleEvent.watch(function(err, result) {
 if (err) {
 console.log(err)
 return;
  }
 console.log(result.args.temp)   
 })

only three dots will appear(i.e. ...), so I cannot get the value I want and I cannot send a transaction to the private chain and see the returned value:

instance.test.sendTranaction({gass:4200000});

I'm wondering how I can get the return value in geth console.

Aydin
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  • throw in some semicolons after console.log arguments and give it another try. for me , the ... usually means somethings not closed (a parentheses, function, etc) – thefett Sep 25 '17 at 03:01
  • @thefett thanks, I've followed your suggestion and the problem has been solved. But I still don't know how to get the result value, if I call console.log(); only "undefined" would pop up, but I want to see the value of "temp". – Aydin Sep 25 '17 at 09:30
  • So it will be undefined until it mines. I think this post may help: https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/questions/3285/how-to-get-return-values-when-function-with-argument-is-called?rq=1 – thefett Sep 25 '17 at 11:57

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