IBM Lotus Symphony


Function Statement [Runtime]

Defines a subroutine that can be used as an expression to determine a return type.

Syntax

see Parameter

Parameters:

Syntax

Function Name[(VarName1 [As Type][, VarName2 [As Type][,...]]]) [As Type]

statement block

[Exit Function]

statement block

End Function

Parameter

Name: Name of the subroutine to contain the value returned by the function.

VarName: Parameter to be passed to the subroutine.

Type: Type-declaration keyword.

Example:

Sub ExampleExit

Dim sReturn As String

Dim sListArray(10) as String

Dim siStep as Single

For siStep = 0 to 10 REM Fill array with test data

sListArray(siStep) = chr$(siStep + 65)

msgbox sListArray(siStep)

next siStep

sReturn = LinSearch(sListArray(), "B")

Print sReturn

end sub

Function LinSearch( sList(), sItem As String ) as integer

dim iCount as Integer

REM Linsearch searches a TextArray:sList() for a TextEntry:

REM Return value is the index of the entry or 0 (Null)

for iCount=1 to Ubound( sList() )

if sList( iCount ) = sItem then

exit for REM sItem found

end if

next iCount

if iCount = Ubound( sList() ) then iCount = 0

LinSearch = iCount

end function


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