DATA STRUCTURE

SECTION 1
FUNCTION
1 Dr. Doaa Hany Elsayed
Doaa.hani@hotmail.com
FUNCTION
 Concept: A program may be broken up into manageable
functions.

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STRUCTURE OF FUNCTION
 A function is a collection of statements that performs a specific
task.
 A general form of a function looks like this :

<return type> FunctionName (parameter 1, parameter 2, ……)

{
Statement;
Statement;
Statement;
}

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STRUCTURE OF FUNCTION

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FUNCTION WITHOUT PARAMETERS AND
WITHOUT RETURN VALUE
 Example:

o Function calling:

o Output:
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FUNCTION WITH PARAMETERS AND
WITHOUT RETURN VALUE
 Example:

 Function calling:

 Output
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FUNCTION WITHOUT PARAMETERS AND
WITH RETURN VALUE
 Example:

 Function calling:

 Output
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FUNCTION WITH PARAMETERS AND WITH
RETURN VALUE
 Example:

 Function calling:

 Output
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EXAMPLE 1
1. Write a program that consists of:
• A function Cal_Avg that receives 2 numbers and returns their Average
• Main function that reads the 2 numbers from the user, calls Cal_Avg and
displays the average
• Answer:

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CALL BY VALUE
 When a function with multiple parameters is called, the arguments
are passed to the parameters in order.

 When an argument is passed into a parameter, only a copy of the

argument’s value is passed. Changes to the parameter in function
do not affect the original argument.
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CALL BY VALUE
My
 Example: number
value
12
12 0

 Show the output:

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CALL BY REFERENCE
 The call by reference method of passing arguments to a
function copies the address of an argument into the formal
parameter.
 It means the changes made to the parameter in function affect
the passed argument.
 Reference variables are defined like regular variables, except
you place an & in front of the name.
 For example:

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CALL BY REFERENCE
value refVar
 For example:
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4

 output
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EXERCISE
Show the output:
A.

Answer:
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4 11 16
1 5 7
EXERCISE
 Show the output:
B.

Answer:
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4 11 16
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ASSIGNMENT
1. Write a program that consists of:
• Function calc_NetSalary that Receives the worked
hours and pay rate and return the calculated net
salary :
o GrossSalary= WorkedHours* PayRate;
o NetSalary=GrossSalary-10;
• main function a
• Read from user hours and rate

• Call calc_NetSalary function

• Display the net salary

• Remark the number of employees is 100 employees 16