C question

[Ken Montgomery]

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From: lspirkov at udenva.UUCP (Goldilocks)
>In article <> jack at boring.UUCP (Jack Jansen) writes:
>>
>>procedure p(var i:integer):integer;
              ^^^
>>begin
>>    p := i;
>>    i := i+1;
>>end (* p *);
>>
>
>you obviously don't know your pascal!  a function returns
>something.  a procedure doesn't.
>
>                                        Goldi

The 'var' keyword has the effect that the value of 'i' is assigned
to the corresponding actual parameter in the calling routine at the
termination of the called routine.

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