Microsoft® JScript™ function Statement | Language Reference Version 1

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##### Description

> Declares a new function.

##### Syntax

> function functionname([argument1 [, argument2 [, ...argumentn]]])
> {
> statements
> }

> The function statement syntax has the following parts:

> Part | Description
> functionname | The name of the function.
> argument1...argumentn | An optional, comma-separated list of arguments the function understands.
> statements | One or more JScript statements.

##### Remarks

> Use the function statement to declare a function for later use. The code contained in statements is not executed until the function is called from elsewhere in the script.

> The following example illustrates the use of the function statement:

> >     function myfunction(arg1, arg2)
> >     {
> >       var r;
> >       r = arg1 * arg2;
> >       return(r);
> >     }

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