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Yitzu
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Simple question, can i have a function inside another function?
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Neuro Fuzzy
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no you can't.

And... how do you think it would have any use?


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Masqutti
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What? I'm not sure what do you guys mean but at least this is possible:



Outcome from this would be:

1
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There's a function inside another.. And I know it works, Did i miss the point ?

hmmmh.. that didn't compile
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Peter Parker
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Hi.

What you did is CALLING another function inside a function. You can do that. But because of what you asked everyone understands the following:

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luskos
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As Peter Parker aka Spiderman says you can call funcion isnide another.

Where there is a will, there is a way.
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Neuro Fuzzy
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blagh, didn't catch that

yeah, you can't declare a function inside a function but you can call it.


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The whole purpose of a function (and a subroutine) is primarily to save you writing the same section of code over and over again.

If your program needs to do the same task in six different places, and the code required each time is say 25 lines, that's 150 lines of code.

Putting those 25 lines of code in a function or subroutine means you only need a single line calling the function (or GOSUBing the subroutine) at each of the six locations. This means a total of 31 lines in your program instead of 150 - plus a saving of an additional 24 lines every time you need to add the same code elsewhere in your program!

With functions, you also have the added benefit of easily being able to pass different parameters and therefore use the same code to handle different conditions.

So, knowing this, you should be able to understand how pointless the notion of a function inside another function would actually be.

But, I assume that you meant what someone else has already suggested - that you are talking about calling another function from within a function. Which is of course OK.

Remember though that with functions, (unlike subroutines), you have local variables and variable scope to contend with - both of which are covered in the tutorial I pointed you to in your other thread.

TDK



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Yitzu
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Ok, ty, actually what i meant to say was what Peter Parker said, but now i see is kinda dumb... so, thx
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Actually, it's not dumb idea at all. There are languages that allow it to great effect.

What happens is the the nested function is only accessible from code within the function - you'd use it for repeated pieces of code within a function that are not called from anywhere else and that you don't want to make globally available.

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Did you mean a recursive function or what Yitzu ??

if yes, you could do it..!!! Let me know..!!

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Neuro Fuzzy
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Quote: "What happens is the the nested function is only accessible from code within the function - you'd use it for repeated pieces of code within a function that are not called from anywhere else and that you don't want to make globally available.
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didn't make the connection to private/public functions either

Quote: "if yes, you could do it..!!! Let me know..!!"


recursive functions are possible. EX:



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