I'm from non-it background. Its hard for me to understand the technical terms of programming. Can anyone help me in this

Question

I can able to understand the concepts of programming. Only concern is I could not understand the technical terms like what is parameter arguments etc.

Answer 1

If the tutorials here don't help with anything, you can always do a web search and learn online or read a book.

Answer 2

If you have a specific issue, ask it in Q&A.

Answer 3

@Aravind

Sometimes parameters and arguments are used interchangeably.

A parameter is a variable in a method definition.

public string MethodOfAction(string myParameter1) // this is the parameter which is a variable in the declaring the method
{

do some sort of action here

}

When a method is called, the argument is the data that you pass into the method's parameters

class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
string theArgument = "abcdefg";
Console.WriteLine(MethodOfAction(theArgument)); //this argument,the actual value, is then passed to the method

}

hope that helps. :)

Answer 4

An argument is the value being passed into the parameter.

So an argument shows up in a function or method call.

A parameter is defined in the function or method heading.

For example, if I have a function that calculates an average based on a sum and a count.

I would call it like this
avg = CalcAverage(total, count);

Here total and count are arguments.

The prototype would look something like this.
double CalcAverage(int sum, int count);

sum and count are the parameters.

Answer 5

Aravind use Google or read from a book , parameters are like any variable in function brackets , arguments are the values provided for those parameters when making a function call

def func(a,b,c):
F= a+b+c
return F

func(1,4,5)
a,b,c-->parameters
1,4,5-->arguments

Answer 6

Thanks Abhay Michele Sonic

Answer 7

Non - IT background? What is your stream?

Answer 8

Civil Engineering

Answer 9

Cool , I am also a civil engineer. Welcome to sololearn

Answer 10

🙌🙌

Answer 11

Bending Moment and Shear Forces doesn't work here. 🙂

Answer 12

What do you want to learn?

Answer 13

😅😅

Answer 14

I would like to understand the technical terms of programming. Like what is meant by arguments, parameters etc

Answer 15

People will report this conversation to sololearn since we are off the topic. We can talk privately on how computer science can be implemented to civil engineering field.

Answer 16

Okay fine

Answer 17

Thanks Laura

Answer 18

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Answer 19

You can start with python or SQL. They are quite easy to comprehend for people without programing background.

Answer 20

Okay Tolulope E Adeliyi I'll try that.