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| diff --git a/pascal.html.markdown b/pascal.html.markdown index 6877afef..4144f900 100644 --- a/pascal.html.markdown +++ b/pascal.html.markdown @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ language: Pascal  filename: learnpascal.pas  contributors:      - ["Ganesha Danu", "http://github.com/blinfoldking"] +    - ["Keith Miyake", "https://github.com/kaymmm"]  --- @@ -92,5 +93,46 @@ End.  ```  ```pascal +program Functional_Programming; -```
\ No newline at end of file +Var +    i, dummy : integer; + +function factorial_recursion(const a: integer) : integer; +{ recursively calculates the factorial of integer parameter a } + +// Declare local variables within the function +// e.g.: +// Var +//    local_a : integer; + +Begin +    If a >= 1 Then +    // return values from functions by assigning a value to the function name +        factorial_recursion := a * factorial_recursion(a-1) +    Else +        factorial_recursion := 1; +End; // terminate a function using a semicolon after the End statement. + +procedure get_integer(var i : integer; dummy : integer); +{ get user input and store it in the integer parameter i. +  parameters prefaced with 'var' are variable, meaning their value can change +  outside of the parameter. Value parameters (without 'var') like 'dummy' are +  static and changes made within the scope of the function/procedure do not +  affect the variable passed as a parameter } + +Begin +    write('Enter an integer: '); +    readln(i); +    dummy := 4; // dummy will not change value outside of the procedure +End; + +Begin // main program block +    dummy := 3; +    get_integer(i, dummy); +    writeln(i, '! = ', factorial_recursion(i)); +    // outputs i! +    writeln('dummy = ', dummy); // always outputs '3' since dummy is unchanged. +End. + +``` | 
