Functions without parenthesis Topic is solved

[Gabby]

Is it possible to have a function (actually a procedure, because the return value is discarded), called without the parentheses, like an inbuilt command or a sub in VBA?

So if we have a function Do_things(X, Y) is it possible to call it with "Do_things X, Y".

The reason I ask this is that functions are very useful to encapsulate the code (with local variables), unlike subs.

Andrew

[iseahound]

Hey this feature is available in our v2! (alpha)

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Add(2, 3)
Add 2, 3  ; Parentheses can be omitted if used at the start of a line.

https://lexikos.github.io/v2/docs/Functions.htm#intro

[Gabby]

Ahh, I wait with bated breath ...

[Scr1pter]

What's the difference instead of calling it by
Do_things(X, Y)
?

Regards

[Gabby]

Well, for a start you don't need to remember that the ( can't be preceded by a space.

Seriously though, a few times I've need to replace 'commands' with my own functions (which *use* the command), and found this quite tedious.

[Scr1pter]

Do you have a concrete example?

Regards

[Gabby]

OK. Consider a block including several Send statements, which we decide to change to a call to a function Fsend to send in a different way, or with delays.

So 'send {F3}' needs to be changed to 'Fsend("{F3}")'. Takes some time to change them, and doesn't read anywhere else as well.