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Call by Value and Call by Reference

This is a discussion on Call by Value and Call by Reference within the C and C++ forums, part of the Software Development category; Call by Value and Call by Reference In this tutorial you will learn about C Programming - What is difference between call by value and call by reference in function? The ...

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#1 (permalink)   07-06-2006

Lokesh M Moderator   Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 719 Thanks: 1 Thanked 98 Times in 74 Posts

Call by Value and Call by Reference Call by Value and Call by Reference In this tutorial you will learn about C Programming - What is difference between call by value and call by reference in function? The arguments passed to function can be of two types namely 1. Values passed 2. Address passed The first type refers to call by value and the second type refers to call by reference. For instance consider program1 Read More...

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#2 (permalink)   07-12-2006

timmy Contributing Member   Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 84 Thanks: 0 Thanked 9 Times in 6 Posts

Re: Call by Value and Call by Reference It was useful information about passing arguments to functions. In call by value argument gets passed as variables and in call by reference address gets passed. Does it mean if we use call by reference the execution time would be faster for the function since we the address gets accessed directly. If not why is it so?

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