Can someone explain what parameters and arguments are in functions?
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what are parameters and arguments?
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Basically, a parameter is the variable that has been referenced by a function and an argument is iterators such as values that are passed in to an argument. If you still don't understand please click here
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Here's a simple script
function addNumbers(k, b) -- parameter
print(k + b)
end
addNumbers(4, 9) -- argument
OUTPUT: 13
Parameters is a variable in the declaration of a function.
Arguments are the values that we are passing to be assigned to these variables that we declared.
-- Our function:
function addNumbers(a, b)
print(a + b)
end
addNumbers(4, 3)
--[[
We declare our parameters: a, b
We define our parameters: 4, 3
So:
a = 4
b = 3
Output: 7
--]]
Arguments are values, parameters are variable names.
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