are the actual arguments de ned in the function call, and
i
,
j
are formal argu-
ments declared in the called function. e function returns a oat type value, then the return type of
area()
is
float
.
A function can be called anywhere in the program and can be called any number of times. A function must
be called by using its name followed by parenthesis and terminated by a semicolon.
Advantages of a function:
• Supports modularity
• Duplication of code can be avoided
• Provides reusability
1.7.1 PARAMETER PASSING METHODS
Parameters can be passed to methods in three wa ...
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