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Kotlin Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide, First Edition
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Kotlin Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide, First Edition

by Josh Skeen, David Greenhalgh
July 2018
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
400 pages
12h 14m
English
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Anatomy of a Function

Figure 4.3 shows the two primary parts of a function, the header and body, using formatHealthStatus as a model:

Figure 4.3  A function consists of a function header and a function body

A function consists of a function header and a function body

Function header

The first part of a function is the function header. The function header is made up of five parts: the visibility modifier, function declaration keyword, function name, function parameters, and return type (Figure 4.4).

Figure 4.4  Anatomy of a function header

Anatomy of a function header

Let’s look at each of those ...

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ISBN: 9780135165188