Now you must declare that FUNCTION and PROCEDURE is the same in VFP. Or do you see any diffence, except declaration?

>OK, a quick overview of functions and procedures in VFP.
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>Given this code
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>FUNCTION DoSomething(param1, param2)
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>* code that does something
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>RETURN someValue
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>It looks like a function. It smells like a function, but it may in fact not be a function.
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>I can call it like this
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>value1 = 12
>value2 = "Hi there"
>? DoSomething(value1, value2)
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>and it will behave like a function. The parameters are passed by value and the return value is display on _SCREEN.
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>But, I can also call it like this
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>value1 = 12
>value2 = "Hi there"
>DO DoSomething WITH value1, value2
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>Here, it's a procedure. The return value is ignored and the parameters are passed by reference.
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>Additionally, I can define DoSomething this way and it will still work exactly as before
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>PROCEDURE DoSomething
>LPARAMETERS param1, param2
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>* code that does something
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>RETURN someValue
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