Differnece between method and function

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Tell me the clear difference between method and function. I am bit confused

Guest User · Answer

function are block of statement which return some value public class Class1 { String GetCarName() { } } here string is the return type ex - Class1 cls = new Class1(); String str = cls.GetCarName(); Methods resides inside the class Methods are a block of statements They can be called as ClassName.MethodName public class class1 { void method1() { } ex- Class1 cls = new Class1(); cls.method1(); } http://www.codeproject.com/Questions/198819/difference-between-method-and-function

Tapan Patel · Answer

Please take a look at below thread with same question. http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/forums/about-method-and-function

RATNESH PANDEY · Answer

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms173114.aspx

Bikesh Srivastava · Answer

Hi Chetan, Don;t worry about that. method=>its always will be called by any other object.(e.g c# method,always will be called using object.) function=>no need to use other object to call (e.g javascript function,printf,scanf,etc....) mark as answer if you satisfied .

Rajeesh Menoth · Answer

Hi, Functions Functions have independent existence means they can be defined outside of the class. Ex:- main() function in C, C++ Language Functions are defined in structured languages like Pascal,C and object based language like javaScript Functions are called independently. Functions are self describing unit of code. Methods Methods do not have independent existence they are always defined with in class. Ex:- main() method in C# Language that is defined with in a class Methods are defined in object oriented languages like C#, Java Methods are called using instance or object. Methods are used to manipuate instance variable of a class. Reference : http://www.dotnet-tricks.com/Tutorial/oops/4a0J170612-Difference-between-function-and-method.html

Apurba Ranjan · Answer

Hi Chetan, Methods are two types 1.Value returning 2.Non-value returning The Value returning methods are called function means a function never be a void type. That is the only difference

Delpin Susai Raj · Answer

No different . Two same c language is called function c# and java language is called method

Midhun Tp · Answer

Ok, Now after seeing this question only i actually thought of this. Is there any difference between them? As of now i though both were same with two names as far as c# is concerned. Bt after some googling i found that most people had this doubt and many thinks it's same like me. Some points i found out after googling is that a function can be called with just its name. But a method can be called using an object. That is methods are contained in a class, where as functions resides in pages which can be called directly without any objects. So basically methods are functions inside class. Hope someone will have better explanation for this.

Tejas Trivedi · Answer

Hi Chetan, As far as C#, c++, Java etc are concerned both are similar. For VB/VB.NET, methods does not return any and called subroutine where as function can returns value. Hope, this will help you out. Feel free to write me if more information is required. Please don't forget to mark as answer if this helps.

Differnece between method and function

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