Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of ControlSystems/SoftwareTeam/Training/GettingStarted/Methods

Timestamp:

Nov 4, 2019, 3:55:26 PM (6 years ago)

Author:

David Albert

Comment:

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ControlSystems/SoftwareTeam/Training/GettingStarted/Methods

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    }
 }}}
-The function's name is 'square' and it takes an input parameter that is an integer and is referred to within the function as a. The function returns an integer that it computes by multiplying a by itself.
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+* The function's name is 'square' (notice that function names are typically verbs because they ''do'' something).  
+* It takes an input parameter that is an integer and is referred to within the function as a. 
+* The function returns an integer that it computes by multiplying a by itself.
+
+You could use the square function as follows:
+{{{
+   int a = 9;
+   int b = square(a);
+}}}
 
 Functions can take more than one parameter, but they can only return 1 value (or no values).  Consider this function that takes two input parameters and returns no value: