Program Structure

Procedures that do not return a value:

Scheme	(define (graph1) ...)
Pascal	procedure graph1; begin ... end;
C++	void graph1() { ... }
Java	public static void graph1() { ... }

Functions that return a value:

Scheme	(define (factorial n) ...)
Pascal	function factorial(n:integer):integer; ...
C++	int factorial(int n) { ... }
Java	public static long factorial(long n) { }

In Pascal, the return value is specified by assigning the value to the function name:

   factorial := 1;

In C++ and Java, the return value is specified by a return statement:

   return (1);

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