Perl_Function and subroutine

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What is Difference between Function and subroutine in perl ? I found difference in few site, there i found Subroutine does not return value but function returns but actually Subroutine also return value . Please let me know What is Exact difference between Function and subroutine in perl ?

@KrishnachandraSharma Actually in some programming languages they are different. — Brad Gilbert
– Brad Gilbert, Commented Mar 11, 2013 at 18:07
Ok. That I didn't know. But here I meant specifically in perl. — Krishnachandra Sharma
– Krishnachandra Sharma, Commented Mar 11, 2013 at 18:20

Krishnachandra Sharma · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-11 13:30:32Z

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Generally in computer science a function is a special type of subroutine that returns a values (as opposed to being called just for its side-effects). But in Perl (as the cookbook says) we don't make that distinction.

The two words mean the same thing. They're synonyms.

Course: Perlmonks.

Update: They are synonyms only because Perl returns last value of expression, evaluated in sub-block.

edited Mar 11, 2013 at 13:30

answered Mar 11, 2013 at 13:08

Krishnachandra Sharma

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gaussblurinc Over a year ago

They are synonyms only because Perl returns last value of expression, evaluated in sub-block

RickF Over a year ago

Actually, they're synonyms only in that perl has no formal definition of a function - only sub. It has nothing to do with the return value.

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