Procedure Parameters
A Procedure is a sub-routine that does not return a value. Any results obtained from the execution of a Procedure are either contained in one or more output arguments, or have another purpose such as writing something to the screen or writing to a file.
In this simple example of a Procedure called FindTheName, the parameter is TheDetails.
procedure
FindTheName(TheDetsils :
string
);
Or this more In this example of a Procedure called FindTheName, the parameter is TheDetails.
procedure
WhatTime(dateTime : TDateTime);
begin
//Display the date and time passed to the routine
LogInfo(
'Date and time is '
+DateTimeToStr(dateTime));
end
;
If a Procedure accepts multiple parameters they should be separated with commas such as in the following example.
procedure
ShowSum(a, b :
integer
);
var
total :
integer
;
begin
//Add the two numbers together
total := a + b;
//And display the sum
LogInfo(
'%d + %d = %d'
,[a,b,total]);
end
;
A combination of keywords can be used in a Procedure - for instance as the following shows, you can use the const and out keywords in the one Procedure. And this Procedure called CopyStr can then itself be called in the following Procedure.
procedure
CopyStr(
const
AStr :
String
; out AOutStr :
String
);
begin
AOutStr := AStr;
end
;
procedure
ScriptEvent (
var
Value : variant);
var
SomeStr, WhatStr:
String
;
begin
SomeStr :=
'Hello World'
;
CopyStr(SomeStr, WhatStr);
LogInfo(WhatStr);
end
;