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- | **IN PROGRESS** | + | **UNDER CONSTRUCTION!!** |
- | - Could it be possible that the "table of contents" | + | |
- | - (TOADD_1:) how to define and deal with multidimensional tables. | + | |
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==== Functions ==== | ==== Functions ==== | ||
- | As variables and tables, functions are defined with the keyworkd | + | As variables and tables, functions are defined with the keyword **def** in the form of: |
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def functionname( < | def functionname( < | ||
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- | The argument list is just a list of local variables which are always evaluated one by one from left to right. | + | The argument list is just a list of local variables which are always evaluated one by one from left to right. A basic function looks like this: |
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>def square (x) { x*x } | >def square (x) { x*x } | ||
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>>25 | >>25 | ||
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- | As usual, functions | + | Functions |
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>def fac(n) { | >def fac(n) { | ||
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>>120 | >>120 | ||
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- | Note that variables and functions defined locally to functions are only visible in the scope of the function where there were defined. Notice also that a function name can also be used just to refer the function but without calling it. | ||
- | Unlike Pico, AmbientTalk doesn' | + | Variables and other functions defined locally to a function are only visible in the scope of the function where there were defined. |
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+ | The function name can also be used just to refer the function but without calling it. TODO! | ||
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>def sum := 0 | >def sum := 0 |
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