Functions in Practice

Calls, returns, and keyword arguments.

echo

fn add(a: int, b: int) -> int {
    return a + b;
}

fn describe(name: str, score: int) {
    say(name, "scored", score);
}

result: int = add(3, 4);
describe(score: result, name: "Echo");

text

Echo scored 7

Notes

Keyword arguments work for user-defined functions.
Annotated return types are checked.

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