Functions

Passing Variables to functions

 Passing variables to functions
 Passing variables to function is
same as passing constants to
function.
 Only the difference is that in
passing variables to functions we
will only pass Variables instead of
Constants.
Example
void foo(int y)
{
cout << "y = " << y << “\n”;
}
int main()
{ int x = 6;
1 foo(x); //passing variable to a function
2 foo(x+1); //passing variable to a function
return 0;
}
void foo(int y)// foo(datatype value)
{
cout << "y = " << y << “\n”;
}
int main()
{ int x ;
cout<<“ enter the value of X”;
cin>>x; // x is variable
foo(x); // foo(value)
return 0;
}
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
void fun(int a)
{ cout<<"Value of A: "<<a;
//value of a from main is passed from main to fun(10)}
int main()
{ int a =10;// variable
fun(a); //passing variable to function
return 0;
}
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int cubeByValue( int n )
{ int result;
result= n * n * n;
cout << "\nThe new value of number is " << result << endl;
}
int main()
{ int number = 5;
cout << "The original value of number is " << number;
cubeByValue( number );
return 0; // indicates successful termination
}
 Passing Variables to functions
#include<iostream.h>
#include<conio.h>
void chline(char, int);
void chline(char ch, int n)
{
for(int a=1;a<=n;a++)
cout<<ch;
cout<<endl;
}
void main(void)
{ clrscr();
char ch;
int n;
cout<<"Enter a character ";
cin>>ch;
cout<<"Enter a value ";
Output
cin>>n; Enter a character +
chline(ch, n); //Character and Integer variables passed Enter a value 10
cout<<"Hello"<<endl; ++++++++++
chline(ch, n); Hello
cout<<"We are studying functions"<<endl; ++++++++++
chline(ch, n);
getch();
We are studying
} functions
++++++++++
Practice
 Practice tasks
1. Write a value returning function that receives three
integers and returns the largest of
the three. Assume the integers are not equal to one
another.
2. Write a value returning function that receives two
floating point numbers and returns
true if the first formal parameter is greater than the
second.
3. Write a value returning function that receives a
character and returns true if the character is a vowel
and false otherwise. For this example, vowels include
the characters 'a', 'e', 'i', 'o', and 'u'.
 1. Write a function that receives three integers and
returns the largest of
the three. Assume the integers are not equal to one
another.
2. Write a function that receives two floating point
numbers and returns
true if the first formal parameter is greater than the
second.
3. Write a function that receives a character and
returns true if the character is a vowel and false
otherwise. For this example, vowels include the
characters 'a', 'e', 'i', 'o', and 'u'.