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14.2 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.

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Function declaration

--function declaration- function header-; subroutine block-;--------------

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