ref-returns.cs

using System;

public class Sentence
{
    private string[] words;
    private int currentSearchPointer;

    public Sentence(string sentence)
    {
        words = sentence.Split(' ');
        currentSearchPointer = -1;
    }

    public ref string FindNext(string startWithString, ref bool found)
    {
        for (int count = currentSearchPointer + 1; count < words.Length; count++)
        {
            if (words[count].StartsWith(startWithString))
            {
                currentSearchPointer = count;
                found = true;
                return ref words[currentSearchPointer];
            }
        }
        currentSearchPointer = -1;
        found = false;
        return ref words[0];
    }

    public string GetSentence()
    {
        string stringToReturn = null;
        foreach (var word in words)
            stringToReturn += $"{word} ";

        return stringToReturn.Trim();
    }
}