A function is a latent body. It gets activated only when a call to function is invoked. A function must be called
by its name, followed by argument list enclosed in parenthesis and terminated by semi-colon.
12.3.4 Actual and Formal Arguments
The arguments declared in caller function and given in the function call are called as actual arguments. The
arguments declared in the function declarator are known as formal arguments. For example, Figure 12.4 shows
these concepts.
Actual Arguments
Formal Arguments
Figure 12.4 Actual and Formal Arguments
As shown in Figure 12.4, variables y and z are actual arguments ...
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