8.2 Function declaration

A function declaration defines an identifier and associates it with a block of code. The block of code will return a result. The function can then be called inside an expression, or with a procedure statement, if extended syntax is on.

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Function declaration
-- function declaration-function header- ;-subroutine block- ;--------------

-- function header-function--|------identifier---------
-qualified method identifier--
---formal parameter list-:-result type|-------------------------------
-modifiers -

-- subroutine block-------block --------------------------------------
-external directive|
|---asm block ---|
----forward -----
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The result type of a function can be any previously declared type. contrary to Turbo pascal, where only simple types could be returned.

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