Method vs Function ?

[AFB]

What's the difference ?

Thx

 

[Boogak]

A function returns a value, methods don't.

 

[AFB]

Originally posted by: Boogak
A function returns a value, methods don't.

:heart: :beer: Thx

 

[Chu]

Originally posted by: Boogak
A function returns a value, methods don't.

Might be the technical definition, but everyone I know uses them interchangibily. If this is a test question or something it's REALLY nitpicking.

-Chu

 

[arcain]

I always classified them this way:

function = return value
procedure = don't return value
method = function or procedure that belongs to an object

I really never heard the term method used to describe a subroutine pre-OOP.

Wikipedia argrees: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Function_(programming)

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

The difference is that neither of them should be the topic of discussion in Off Topic when there's a software forum.

 

[rh71]

this thread tells me I really don't like programming.

 

[gwlam12]

i always thought they were the same.

i thought when programming in C/C++, they were functions.

but when programming in java, they were methods.

 

[IcemanJer]

Originally posted by: arcain
I always classified them this way:

function = return value
procedure = don't return value
method = function or procedure that belongs to an object

I do believe arcain is correct. Procedure is often also referred to as a subroutine.

 

[AFB]

Originally posted by: arcain
I always classified them this way:

function = return value
procedure = don't return value
method = function or procedure that belongs to an object

I really never heard the term method used to describe a subroutine pre-OOP.

Wikipedia argrees: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Function_(programming)

Thats what I thought it was.

 

[ThisIsMatt]

Originally posted by: FFMCobalt
The difference is that neither of them should be the topic of discussion in Off Topic when there's a software forum.

Replies like this mean you should get away from your computer for a while.

 

[Turkish]

Originally posted by: FFMCobalt
The difference is that neither of them should be the topic of discussion in Off Topic when there's a software forum.

go jack off to the minor in your profile or shut up.