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--- lambdas_anonymous_functions [2022/03/19 13:43]
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+++ lambdas_anonymous_functions [2022/03/19 20:44] (current)
richardrussell Changed to illustrate passing two parameters
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 //by Richard Russell, March 2022//
-BBC BASIC does not 'officially' support lambdas (anonymous functions), in the sense that the language itself does not incorporate that concept, but as is so often the case the functionality can quite easily be synthesised from lower-level operations.
+BBC BASIC does not 'officially' support lambdas (anonymous functions), in that the language itself does not incorporate that concept.  But as is so often the case the functionality can quite easily be synthesised from lower-level operations.
 Here is an example (it relies on extensions available in //BBC BASIC for Windows//, //BBC BASIC for SDL 2.0// and the //Console Mode editions//):
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 <code bb4w>
       PROC_lambda(foo{}, "(x) = x * x")
-      PROC_lambda(bar{}, "(x) PRINT x ^ 2 : ENDPROC")
+      PROC_lambda(bar{}, "(x, y) PRINT x ^ y : ENDPROC")
       PRINT FN(foo{})(5)
-      PROC(bar{})(PI)
+      PROC(bar{})(PI, 2)
       END

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