Key Term: Function returns a value
| OCR Pseudocode | Python | Result |
| function add(firstNum, secondNum)
total = firstNum + secondNum return total endfunction totalScore = add(5,3) |
def add(firstNum, secondNum):
total = firstNum + secondNum return total totalScore = add(5,3) |
This this function takes two arguments (inputs) which are firstNum and secondNum and returns the total of the two added together.
This calls the function and assigns the returned value to the variable totalScore |
Procedures
Key Term: Procedure does not return a value
| OCR Pseudocode | Python | Output (Result) |
| procedure showNames(firstName,lastName)
print(“Your name is: “) print(firstName + lastName) endprocedure showNames(“Sam”, “Green”) |
def showName(firstName, lastName):
print(“Your name is: “) print(firstName + lastName) showNames(“Sam”, “Green”) |
Your name is: Sam Green
This procedure has two arguments (inputs) which are firstName and lastName. When the procedure is called the names are concatenated together. |