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CPE 112
Parameters
•When a function is executed, it uses the arguments given
to it in the function call.
•C++ supports two kinds of parameters
–Value parameters - the function receives a copy of the argument’s value
–Reference parameters (& after data type) - the
function receives the memory address of the
caller’s argument
•Examples:
void Example (int&
param1, //
reference
int param2, // value
float param3 )
//
value