question on functions

[gdarian216]

can you pass a string to a function? and would it have to be by reference?

example if you were making a program and function prototypes and function definitions in seperate files and the function calls are in the main file.

how would i code that?

[JosAH]

can you pass a string to a function? and would it have to be by reference?

You didn't mention the language; using C you can pass char arrays or pointers
to chars (both are considerd strings) to any function you like. The pointers are
passed by value and arrays in a value context are considerd pointers too so a
pointer to the first element of the array is passed.

If you're using C++ you can pass the same things as mentioned above and you
can also pass C++ strings (a type defined in the standard lib) either by value
or by reference; it's up to you.

example if you were making a program and function prototypes and function definitions in seperate files and the function calls are in the main file.

Yep, that's the way you should do it: put the declarartion in header files (.h)
and stick your definitions in C or C++ files (.c or .cpp or c++ or ...)

how would i code that?

Give it a try and when you're stuck you're welcome to ask more specific questions.

kind regards,

Jos