Function Nomenclature FS

<body stylesrc="c7e2.htm" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <p> </p> <p align="center"> </p> <table border="4" width="100%" height="60"> <tr> <th><h1><font size="5">CS 150 Introduction to C++ Programming - Spring 1998 </font></h1> </th> </tr> </table> <p align="center">[ <a href="http://www.cs.odu.edu/~cs150" target="_top">Home</a> |<a href="ftp://ftp.cs.odu.edu/pub/ray/150" target="_top"> Lecture Notes</a>| <a href="http://www.cs.odu.edu/~wild/cs150" target="_top">WebTutor</a> | <a href="http://www.cs.odu.edu/~wild/cs150/site.cgi" target="_top">WebTutor Site Map</a>]</p> <hr> <h3 align="center">Function Nomenclature </h3> <hr> <p><script language="JavaScript"></script> Functions are a very important packaging techinque which allows you to break a problem into "functional" pieces which abstract out some particular part of the program and which may be reusable by other programs too!<br> Before you use functions, it helps to know the language (names or nomenclature used for functions).<br> Basically there are three things you need.</p> <ol> <li><strong>function prototype</strong> which tells the compiler how many parameters and their order and type and what is the return value</li> <li><strong>function use</strong> by a "calling" program which uses, or "calls", the function</li> <li><strong>function definition</strong> which gives the program for computing the function<br> it consists of a <strong>function heading</strong> which lists the parameters and return value and a <strong>function body</strong> which contains the progam for computing the function.</li> </ol> <form action="c7e2.cgi" method="POST" target="_top" onsubmit="sendForm(this)" ;> <input type="hidden" name="c7e2score2" value="0"><input type="hidden" name="c7e2score1" value="0"><input type="hidden" name="c7e2initial" value="0"><input type="hidden" name="c7e2answers" value="0"><p>In the program shown on the right, list which lines contain the following.<br> List all lines, separating multiple lines by commas, with NO BLANKS PLEASE (e.g. 1.4.7)</p> <ol> <li><p align="left"><input type="text" size="20" name="c7e2a" language="javascript" onchange="validate(1,this.value)"> <font face="Courier New"><strong>function prototype</strong></font></p> </li> <li><p align="left"><input type="text" size="20" name="c7e2b" language="javascript" onchange="validate(2,this.value)"> <font face="Courier New"><strong>function heading</strong></font></p> </li> <li><p align="left"><input type="text" size="20" name="c7e2c" language="javascript" onchange="validate(3,this.value)"> <font face="Courier New"><strong>arguments</strong></font></p> </li> <li><p align="left"><input type="text" size="20" name="c7e2d" language="javascript" onchange="validate(4,this.value)"> <font face="Courier New"><strong>local variables</strong></font></p> </li> <li><p align="left"><input type="text" size="20" name="c7e2e" language="javascript" onchange="validate(5,this.value)"> <font face="Courier New"><strong>function definition</strong></font></p> </li> <li><p align="left"><input type="text" size="20" name="c7e2f" language="javascript" onchange="validate(6,this.value)"> <font face="Courier New"><strong>parameters</strong></font></p> </li> <li><p align="left"><input type="text" size="20" name="c7e2g" language="javascript" onchange="validate(7,this.value)"> <font face="Courier New"><strong>function call</strong></font></p> </li> <li><p align="left"><input type="text" size="20" name="c7e2h" language="javascript" onchange="validate(8,this.value)"> <font face="Courier New"><strong>function body</strong></font></p> </li> </ol> <p align="left"> </p> <div align="center"><center><pre><img src="images/rainbow.gif" width="540" height="4"></pre> </center></div><div align="center"><center><pre><font size="4"><em><strong>Choose one when done</strong></em></font></pre> </center></div><div align="center"><center><pre><input type="submit" name="WORTHc7e2" value="Difficult"> <input type="submit" name="WORTHc7e2" value="OK"> <input type="submit" name="WORTHc7e2" value="Easy but useful"> <input type="submit" name="WORTHc7e2" value="Waste of time"></pre> </center></div> </form> <hr> <h5>Copyright chris wild 1998.<br> For problems or questions regarding this web contact <a href="mailto:wild@cs.odu.edu">[Dr. Wild]</a>.<br> Last updated: February 18, 1998.<br> </h5>  </body>