Difference between Method and Function

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I am a beginner in c  and have a keen interest to learn c   but I am confused  When I asked some one what the difference is between Function and method  he said to me that there is no difference  that they both have the same functionality  Now I am quite confused and want to know from good developers what methods and functions are   Are they both the same  If not  then how do I initialize each one    Is this way to initialize a function correct   public void UpdateLeaveStatus EmployeeLeave objUpdateLeaveStatus    Please provide proper help as I am new

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Both are same  there is no difference its just a different term for the same thing in C     Method      In object-oriented programming  a method is a subroutine  or procedure   or function  associated with a class    With respect to Object Oriented programming the term  Method  is used  not functions

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Both are the same  both are a term which means to encapsulate some code into a unit of work which can be called from elsewhere   Historically  there may have been a subtle difference with a  method  being something which does not return a value  and a  function  one which does  in C  that would translate as   public void DoSomething         method public int DoSomethingAndReturnMeANumber        function   But really  I re-iterate that there is really no difference in the 2 concepts

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When a function is a part of a class  it s called a method   C  is an OOP language and doesn t have functions that are declared outside of classes  that s why all functions in C  are actually methods   Though  beside this formal difference  they are the same

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In C   they are interchangeable  although method is the proper term  because you cannot write a method without incorporating it into a class  If it were independent of a class  then it would be a function  Methods are functions that operate through a designated class

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There is no functions in c   There is methods  typical method public void UpdateLeaveStatus EmployeeLeave objUpdateLeaveStatus   link to msdn and functors - variable of type Func lt  gt

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well  in some programming languages they are called functions others call it methods  the fact is they are the same thing  It just represents an abstractized form of reffering to a mathematical function        f - gt  f N N     meaning its a function with values from natural numbers  just an example   So besides the name Its exactly the same thing  representing a block of code containing instructions in resolving your purpose

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From Object-Oriented Programming Concept   If you have a function that is accessing muttating the fields of your class  it becomes method  Otherwise  it is a function    It will not be a crime if you keep calling all the functions in Java C   classes as methods  The reason is that you are directly indirectly accessing mutating class properties  So why not  all the functions in Java C   classes are methods

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Programmers from structural programming language background know it as a function while in OOPS it s called a method   But there s not any difference between the two   In the old days  methods did not return values and functions did  Now they both are used interchangeably

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