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sathish_subrama_2
New Contributor
12 years ago

Difference between subroutine and function in test complete

Could you please explain the Difference between subroutine and function in test complete ?
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    gid_216
    12 years ago
    Subroutine and function have same defination, throughout all tools these can't be differenciated based on tool.



    Subroutine is a piece of reusable code that doesn't return anything to caller.



    Function is a piece of reusable code that returns something to caller.

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sastowe
Super Contributor
12 years ago
VBScript example



Sub DoIt



  set btn = ...VBObject("cmdSave")

  btn.Click



End Sub



Clicks a button



sPadMyString = LeftPad("a", "1", 3)



Function LeftPad(sValuetoPad, sPadChar, iPadLength)

 

   

 

  LeftPad = string(iPadLength - Len(sValuetoPad),sPadChar) & sValuetoPad

   

 

 

End function 'LeftPad