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- What is the difference between a value and reference parameter?
Explanation & Answer
call by value: send the function a copy of argument's value .
e.g
int foo( int a)
{
a = a+1; return a;
}
// basically change in value does not reflect in call by value
//
int main()
{
int xx = 0;
cout << f(xx) << ′\n′; //print on screen 1
cout << xx << ′\n′; // print on screen 0; f() doesn’t change xx
int yy = 7;
cout << f(yy) << ′\n′; // print on screen 8; f() doesn’t change yy
cout << yy << ′\n′; // print on screen 7
}
// we can see here that value of xx does not change
if we pass the value to same program by reference then value of x will change
int f(int& a) {
a = a+1; return a;
}
int main()
{
int xx = 0;
cout << f(xx) << ′\n′; //print on screen 1
cout << xx << ′\n′; // print on screen 1; f() does change xx
int yy = 7;
cout << f(yy) << ′\n′; // print on screen 8; f() doesn change yy
cout << yy << ′\n′; // print on screen 8
}
In call by reference value of variable also change mean change in function also reflect in main function.
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