I keep on getting ParseError: Expected type name // when I want to return a struct I have just created - solidity

Question

I am new in Solidity and I have been trying to create and get STRUCT without adding it to an Array. I alway see Structs with arrays and the method .push and I wanted to try it without it.
I have created a single Contract with one Struct and one function to create and get it.
If I create a single public function to create, but not return, the struct it doesn´t give me any error... Like the following:
struct Todo {
string name;
uint age;
}
function createTodo(string memory _name, uint _age) public pure{
Todo memory myTodo = Todo(_name, _age);
}
With the above code I would also like to know why it wouldn´t let me set the pointer "Todo" as storage like: Todo storage myTodo = Todo(_name, _age); It gives an TypeError: Todo memory is not implicity convertible to expect type struct storage pointer.
Next, I tried to modify the function to create and RETURN but then is when I start getting the ParseError.
The code is the following:
function getTodo(string memory _name, uint _age) public returns(struct myTodo) {
Todo memory myTodo = Todo(_name, _age);
return myTodo;
}
With the aobve code I also tried in "returns(struct), returns(struct memory)"....
I would really appreciate any type of help here.
Thank you very much

Answer 1

You received this error because you're wrong to set a returns keyword on getTodo() function. In your case, you must change your function in this way:
function getTodo(string memory _name, uint _age) external pure returns(Todo memory) {
Todo memory myTodo = Todo(_name, _age);
return myTodo;
}
If you want to handle storage structs, see this smart contract code:
// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
pragma solidity ^0.8.0;
contract Test {
struct Todo {
string name;
uint age;
}
// Declare state variable
Todo[] todoArray;
// Push into array new struct
function createTodo(string memory _name, uint _age) public {
todoArray.push(Todo(_name, _age));
}
// Retrieve ToDo struct from specific index about struct array
function getTodo(uint _index) external view returns(Todo memory) {
return todoArray[_index];
}
}