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parameter-passing is the process of assigning values to the parameters of a function

Association of actual and formal parameters upon function call. See Parameter Passing and its methods. The most widely used parameter passing methods are:

  • call-by-value
  • call-by-reference
  • call-by-value-result
  • call-by-name
  • call-by-need
  • macro expansion.
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Passing Objects By Reference or Value in C#

In C#, I have always thought that non-primitive variables were passed by reference and primitive values passed by value. So when passing to a method any non-primitive object, anything done to the object in the method would effect the object being…
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jQuery's .click - pass parameters to user function

I am trying to call a function with parameters using jQuery's .click, but I can't get it to work. This is how I want it to work: $('.leadtoscore').click(add_event('shot')); which calls function add_event(event) { blah blah blah } It works if I…
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Pass a list to a function to act as multiple arguments

In a function that expects a list of items, how can I pass a Python list item without getting an error? my_list = ['red', 'blue', 'orange'] function_that_needs_strings('red', 'blue', 'orange') # works! function_that_needs_strings(my_list) #…
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Are there benefits of passing by pointer over passing by reference in C++?

What are the benefits of passing by pointer over passing by reference in C++? Lately, I have seen a number of examples that chose passing function arguments by pointers instead of passing by reference. Are there benefits to doing…
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Pass ALL Arguments from Bash Script to Another Command

What is the simplest way to grab all the given arguments for a bash script and pass them all into another command within the script? For example: Command Line: ./runProgram.sh [ARGS HERE] Script: #! /bin/bash cd bin/ java com.myserver.Program [ARGS…
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How do I pass a method as a parameter in Python

Is it possible to pass a method as a parameter to a method? self.method2(self.method1) def method1(self): return 'hello world' def method2(self, methodToRun): result = methodToRun.call() return result
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How to return a value from a Form in C#?

I have a main form (let's call it frmHireQuote) that is a child of a main MDI form (frmMainMDI), that shows another form (frmImportContact) via ShowDialog() when a button is clicked. When the user clicks the 'OK' on frmImportContact, I want to pass…
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jQuery - add additional parameters on submit (NOT ajax)

Using jQuery's 'submit' - is there a way to pass additional parameters to a form? I am NOT looking to do this with Ajax - this is normal, refresh-typical form submission. $('#submit').click(function () { $('#event').submit(function () { …
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Passing Parameters JavaFX FXML

How can I pass parameters to a secondary window in javafx? Is there a way to communicate with the corresponding controller? For example: The user chooses a customer from a TableView and a new window is opened, showing the customer's info. Stage…
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How can we force naming of parameters when calling a function?

In Python you may have a function definition: def info(obj, spacing=10, collapse=1) which could be called in any of the following ways: info(odbchelper) info(odbchelper, 12) info(odbchelper, collapse=0) …
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Passing parameters to JavaScript files

Often I will have a JavaScript file that I want to use which requires certain variables be defined in my web page. So the code is something like this: