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Chapter 8

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Variables that are defined inside a function are called ______ variables.
local
A function ______ is a statement that causes a function to execute.
call
A function _______ eliminates the need to place a function definition before all calls to the function.
prototype
Enclosing a group of statements inside a set of braces creates a(n) ________.
code block
________ arguments are passed to parameters automatically if no argument is provided in the function call.
Correct default
Instead of writing one long program that contains all of the statements necessary to solve a problem, several small functions that each solve a specific part of the problem can be written. A program of this type is called a(n) ________ program.
modular
A function ________ contains the interface to the function as well as the statements that make up the function.
definition
A(n) ________ constant is a named constant that is available to every function in a program.
global
A(n) ________ function is a function that does not return a value to the part of the program that executed it.
void
In the computer programming, ________ code is part of the source code of a program which can never be executed because there exists no control flow path to the code from the rest of program.
dead, unreachable
A(n) ________ is a package of code that is meant to be reused by many programs.
library
The list of parameters indicated in the function definition are called _____ parameters.
formal
_____ is code that tests a function by simply calling it.
driver code
A(n) _______ is a dummy function that is called instead of the actual function it represents. It usually displays a test message acknowledging that it was called, and nothing more.
stub
Values that are sent to a function are called [a] (a.k.a. [b]).
a) arguments b)actual parameters
A(n) ______ is a special variable that holds a value being passed into a function.
parameter
A(n) _______ is a collection of statements that performs a specific task.
function
A(n) _______ is a collection of precompiled routines that a program can use.
library
The _______ of a function is the set of statements that perform the function's operation.
body
A function can send a value to the part of the program that executed it. This value is called a(n) _______ value.
return
_______ involves writing and testing small portions of a program repeatedly until the program is complete.
incremental development
A(n) ________ is a programming construct that allows a programmer to associate a given set of instructions with a specific name.
function, subroutine, procedure
In programming, a function is a named section of a program that performs a specific task. In this sense, a function is a type of [a] or [b] Some programming languages make a distinction between a function, which returns a value, and a procedure, which performs some operation but does not retum a value.
a) procedure b) subroutine
When used as parameters, _______ variables allow a function to access the parameter's original argument. Changes to the parameter are also made to the argument.
reference
A(n) ______ variable is defined inside a function and is not accessible outside the function.
local
A(n) _______ variable is defined outside all functions and is accessible to all functions in its scope.
global
________ local variables exist for the lifetime of the program, even though their scope is only the function in which they are defined.
static
Variables that are defined inside a function that remain in memory after the function has finished executing are called ______ variables.
static
The very first line of a function definition is the function ______.
header
When a copy of an argument is passed to a function, it is said to be _____.
pass by value
The order in which statements are executed in a program is referred to as the program's _____.
flow of execution
Function ____ is a programming concept that allows programmers to define two or more functions with the same name as long as each of the functions has a unique signature.
overloading
When a reference variable is used as a parameter, it is said that the argument is ______.
passed by reference
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