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to: John Gardeniers
from: Keith Fowler
date: 1996-03-01 17:49:24
subject: Re: Void

JG> 	Hello Keith,
JG> 		VOID is placed in front of functions to indicate that the function return
JG> nothing. The default is for a function to return an INT. This has no real
JG> purpose except to give the compiler some information for the purposes of er
JG> checking.
JG> 
JG> 	If you were to ask a function to return something, e.g. key=get_a_key(); b
JG> the function had been prototyped as a VOID, i.e. VOID get_a_key(); the
JG> compiler will tell you that you messed up.
JG> 
JG> 	Any clearer? Or did I make it worse?
JG> 
JG> 		John
JG> 

    Hello, yep, that made it alot clearer.. i have seen several programs with 
a VOID Funtion_name(void) i know what it means now!..thanks..Cya!

    Keith

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