Call by value:- Passing only the values so that only copy of the value is sent to functions
Eg:
int main()
{
int a=10,b=20,c;
c=add(a,b);
cout<<c;
return 0;
}
int add(int x,int y) // copy of values ie a,b is received here
{
int z;
z=x+y;
return x;
}
====================================================================
C++ FUNCTION CALL BY REFERENCEthe address of the value is passed and since address is passed the original value will change since address is modified
Eg:
int main()
{
int a=10,b=20,c;
c=add(a,b);
cout<<c;
return 0;
}
int add(int x,int y) // copy of values ie a,b is received here
{
int z;
z=x+y;
return x;
}
====================================================================
C++ FUNCTION CALL BY REFERENCEthe address of the value is passed and since address is passed the original value will change since address is modified
The call by reference method of passing arguments to a function copies the reference of an argument into the formal parameter. Inside the function, the reference is used to access the actual argument used in the call. This means that changes made to the parameter affect the passed argument.
To pass the value by reference, argument reference are passed to the functions just like any other value. So accordingly you need to declare the function parameters as reference types as in the following function swap(), which exchanges the values of the two integer variables pointed to by its arguments.
When the above code is put together in a file, compiled and executed, it produces following result:
To pass the value by reference, argument reference are passed to the functions just like any other value. So accordingly you need to declare the function parameters as reference types as in the following function swap(), which exchanges the values of the two integer variables pointed to by its arguments.
// function definition to swap the values. void swap(int &x, int &y) { int temp; temp = x; /* save the value at address x */ x = y; /* put y into x */ y = temp; /* put x into y */ return; }For now, let us call the function swap() by passing values by reference as in the following example:
#include <iostream> using namespace std; // function declaration void swap(int &x, int &y); int main () { // local variable declaration: int a = 100; int b = 200; cout << "Before swap, value of a :" << a << endl; cout << "Before swap, value of b :" << b << endl; /* calling a function to swap the values using variable reference.*/ swap(a, b); cout << "After swap, value of a :" << a << endl; cout << "After swap, value of b :" << b << endl; return 0; }
When the above code is put together in a file, compiled and executed, it produces following result:
Before swap, value of a :100 Before swap, value of b :200 After swap, value of a :200 After swap, value of b :100
No comments:
Post a Comment