{"id":1194,"date":"2022-08-24T20:04:41","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T14:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/software\/?p=1194"},"modified":"2022-08-25T20:25:15","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T14:55:15","slug":"difference-between-argument-and-parameter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mutesoft.com\/spaces\/software\/difference-between-argument-and-parameter.html","title":{"rendered":"Difference between Argument and Parameter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Programmers use the terms argument and parameter interchangeably. When someone says argument or parameter, they mean the same thing. However, there is a difference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/span>Parameter Vs. Argument<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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<\/span>Parameter<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
  1. Named variables declared in the function definition<\/li>
  2. Part of the function\/method signature<\/li>
  3. In some programming languages, parameters are also called formal arguments<\/em><\/li><\/ol>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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    <\/span>Argument<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
    1. Variables or values passed to the function when called<\/li>
    2. The actual value supplied to the function at runtime<\/li>
    3. In some programming languages, arguments are also called actual arguments<\/em><\/li><\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

      Parameters<\/strong> are named variables declared in the function definition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Arguments<\/strong> are variables or values passed to the function when calling it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      This definition is universal, irrespective of programming language. Let us consider the following Python function:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      def multiply(x, y):\n  return x * y;\n\nmultiply(10, 15);<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
      In the above example, the function multiple()<\/code> expects two parameters<\/strong>: x and y<\/code>. Next, when the function multiply()<\/code> is called, two arguments<\/strong> are passed to the function: 10 and 15<\/code>. Therefore, arguments are runtime values that fill the function parameters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n