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The document provides an overview of functions in C programming, detailing their benefits, types, and components. It explains the advantages of using functions for modularity, reusability, and ease of debugging, and distinguishes between built-in and user-defined functions. Additionally, it includes syntax examples for function prototypes, definitions, and calls, along with a sample program demonstrating the use of a user-defined function to calculate the sum of two numbers.

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The document provides an overview of functions in C programming, detailing their benefits, types, and components. It explains the advantages of using functions for modularity, reusability, and ease of debugging, and distinguishes between built-in and user-defined functions. Additionally, it includes syntax examples for function prototypes, definitions, and calls, along with a sample program demonstrating the use of a user-defined function to calculate the sum of two numbers.

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COURSE TITLE: COMPUTER PROGRAMMING I

COURSE CODE: CSC 203


NAME OF LECTURER: IBHARALU, F. I.
DEPARTMENT: COMPUTER SCIENCE

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• C FUNCTIONS

Function in C is a sub routine, a self-contained block of statements that can


be executed.

Table of Contents
- Benefits of a function in C
- Types of functions in C

- Parts of a Function
1. Function Prototype
2. Function Definition
3. Function call

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Benefits of using functions in C

 A function provides modularity, i.e, a program can be broken into a number of


small subroutines.

 Function provides reusable code.

 In large programs, debugging and editing is easy with the use of functions.

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There are two types of functions in C

 Built-in (Library) Functions:


These functions are part of the C library.
E.g. scanf(), printf(), strcpy, strlwr, strcmp, strlen, strcat etc.

To use library functions, we include the files that contain the C


header definitions.

 User Defined Functions:


These functions are defined by the programmer when writing
the program.

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Parts of a function
- Function prototype/declaration
- Function definition
- Function call

- Function prototype
Syntax:
returnDataType functionName (Parameter List)

Example:
int addition (int a, int b);

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- Function Definition
Syntax:
returnDataType functionName (Function arguments)
{
//the body of the function
}

Example:
int addition(int a, int b, int c)
{
//Code to do the addition
int d = a + b + c;
return d;
}
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- Calling a function in C
Program to illustrate the sum of two numbers using a user defined function

Example:
#include<stdio.h>

int sum (int a, int b); //this is the function declaration

int main()
{
int answer; //local variable definition
answer = sum(6, 12); //calling a function to get the sum of 6 & 12.
printf("The sum of the two numbers is: %d\n",answer);
return 0;
}

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int sum (int num1, int num 2) //function returning the sum of two numbers
{
return num1+num2;
}

Program Output:
The sum of the two numbers is: 18

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