[ STATIC ] { PUBLIC | PRIVATE } { PROCEDURE | SUB } Identifier ( [ [ BYREF ] Parameter AS Datatype [ , ... ] ] [ , ] [ OPTIONAL [ BYREF ] Optional Parameter AS Datatype [ , ... ] ] [ , ] [ ... ] ) ... END
This declares a procedure, i.e. a method that returns nothing.
The END keyword indicates the end of the procedure.
[ STATIC ] { PUBLIC | PRIVATE } { FUNCTION | PROCEDURE | SUB } Identifier ( [ [ BYREF ] Parameter AS Datatype [ , ... ] ] [ , ] [ OPTIONAL [ BYREF ] Optional Parameter AS Datatype [ , ... ] ] [ , ] [ ... ] ) AS Datatype ... END
This declares a function, i.e. a method that returns a value.
The END keyword indicates the end of the function.
The datatype of the return value must be specified.
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The return value is passed back to the caller as argument of the RETURN statement.
FUNCTION Calc(fX AS Float) AS Float RETURN Sin(fX) * Exp(- fX) END PUBLIC SUB Button1_Click() PRINT Calc(0), Calc(0.5), Calc(1) END
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The method is accessible everywhere in the class it is declared.
All method arguments are separated by commas.
STATIC PUBLIC PROCEDURE Main() ... PUBLIC FUNCTION Calc(fA AS Float, fB AS Float) AS Float ... PRIVATE SUB DoIt(sCommand AS String, OPTIONAL bSaveIt AS Boolean = TRUE) ... STATIC PRIVATE FUNCTION MyPrintf(sFormat AS String, ...) AS Integer
When the BYREF keyword is specified, the argument must be an assignment expression that will be modified by the called function.
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The BYREF keyword must be specified when calling the method.
At the moment, the use of BYREF in the method declaration is optional and purely descriptive. This may change in the future, as that breaks the privacy of the called method! |
SUB ConvPixelToCentimeter(Value as Float, Dpi AS Integer) Value = Value / Dpi * 2.54 END PUBLIC SUB Main() DIM Size AS Float Size = 256 ConvPixelToCentimeter(BYREF Size, 96) PRINT Size END
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