Passing parameters to Functions in BODS

[Former Member]

Hi Experts,

Can you explain the purpose of passing parameters to Function in BODS scripts?

And also about the significance of return parameters.

Thanks in advance!!

[rajan_burad]

Hello Harish,

Parameters are the values that are passed to a particular function. These parameters then manipulate the data and return the result.

Consider the below example:

replace_substr() accepts 3 parameters as input values.

Consider $ROOT_FILE = 'RAJAN' as the input string. User want to replace letter 'A' with 'Z', since the function requires 3 parameters: Input String which needs to be manipulated, which character/value needs to be modified, what value should be replaced in the input.

So in the above string 'A' needs to be replaced with 'Z'.

Upon execution:

About return parameters, the function returns some output value. Here the returned string is 'RZJZN'.

Hope it helps!

Thanks.