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commandos

Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:34 pm


difference between procedure and function?

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Hey,

I took computer science a couple of years ago in high school and now im trying to remember some of the things we learned. just wondering what the difference is between a function and procedure and when to either. thanks in advance


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Nick

Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:38 pm


RE:difference between procedure and function?

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procedure: carry out a set of common commands
function: return a value


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Saad

Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:42 pm


RE:difference between procedure and function?

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One thing I want to point out, a procedure is a function, except it doesn't return anything useful, Ie void which is nothing.


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LaZ3R

Tue Feb 19, 2008 12:27 am


RE:difference between procedure and function?

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Bla Saad beat me to what I was just about to say :p

Procedures are void functions. The simply execute code when requested without returning any values.


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commandos

Tue Feb 19, 2008 1:31 am


RE:difference between procedure and function?

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thanks all


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riveryu

Tue Feb 19, 2008 10:46 pm


Re: difference between procedure and function?

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View the 

Functions vs. Procedures 
Fight! part of http://compsci.ca/v3/viewtopic.php?t=14665 tutorial on Proc and Fcn 

I thought it was a legimate argument and may be helpful.