Computer Science GCSE
Appropriate design using parameters and return values
What Appropriate design using parameters and return values means in Computer Science GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Passing needed data in as parameters, keeping working values local and returning results, using globals only for genuinely shared state.
Topics that use Appropriate design using parameters and return values
- Subprograms (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Global versus local access
- Library subprogram
- Scope of variables
- Arguments
- Built-in subprogram
- Function
- Lifetime of local variables
- Parameters
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