Overview

User-Defined Functions are functions that are declared and defined by the programmer. User-Defined functions consist of the following components:

• Function declaration/ Function Prototype
• Function Definition
  • Function Header
  • Function Body
• Function Invocation / Function Call

Example

Let’s look at a simple user-defined function example C program. The function Sum() computes the sum of two numbers.

/**
**********************************
* Program Description:
* C User-Defined Functions Demo
* Filename : userdefined.c
* C Tutorials - www.TestingDocs.com
*************************************
*/
#include<stdio.h>

/* Function Prototype */
int sum(int,int);

int main()
{
    /* Local variables declaration - main*/
    int a = 0, b = 0, c = 0;
    // Prompt user to enter a, b
    printf("Enter the number a = ");
    scanf("%d",&a);
    printf("Enter the number b = ");
    scanf("%d",&b);
    c = sum(a,b); // Function Call
    printf("The sum of %d , %d is = %d \n",a,b,c);
    return 0;
} // end main

/* Function Definition */
int sum(int x, int y)  // Function Header
{
    /* Local variables declaration -sum*/
    int z;
    z = x + y;
    return z;
} // end sum

User-Defined Function Definition

Sample Output

Enter the number a = 7
Enter the number b = 9
The sum of 7 , 9 is = 16

 

 

The flowchart illustration of the flow control between the main() function and the user-defined function sum().

 

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