Assertion: variable | /r/HasProperty | parameter
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text: the variable named x is a parameter because it is given a value when the function is called.
text: To distinguish them, the variable x is called an unknown, and the other variables are called parameters or coefficients, or sometimes constants, although this last terminology is incorrect for an equation and should be reserved for the function defined by the left-hand side of this equation.
text: the variable named x is a parameter because it is given a value when the function is called.
text: In the function definition f(x) = x*x the variable x is a parameter; in the function call f(2) the value 2 is the argument of the function.
text: When discussing the code inside the subroutine definition, the variables in the subroutine's parameter list are the parameters, while the values of the parameters at runtime are the arguments.
text: Variables in method declarationsthese are called parameters.
text: To distinguish them, the variable x is called an unknown, and the other variables are called parameters or coefficients, or sometimes constants, although this last terminology is incorrect for an equation, and should be reserved for the function defined by the left-hand side of this equation.