An argument to a command or procedure is simply a value given to the command or procedure as input to perform its operation
Refers to something needed to complete a function In Excel, the arguments for the SUM function are the ranges, constants or cell references that are to be sumed The arguments for the PMT function include the Principal, the Interest rate per payment period, and the number of payment periods
The subject matter of a discourse, writing, or artistic representation; theme or topic; also, an abstract or summary, as of the contents of a book, chapter, poem
(1) an inference, (2) input to a function, (3) a subject-term for a predicate See corresponding argument
An object that is supplied to a function in a function call In other languages, this is sometimes called an "actual argument" or "actual parameter "
A reason or reasons offered in proof, to induce belief, or convince the mind; reasoning expressed in words; as, an argument about, concerning, or regarding a proposition, for or in favor of it, or against it
Information passed to a method Arguments are also sometimes called parameters A method expecting to receive arguments must contain a formal argument declaration for each as part of its method header When a method is called, the actual argument values are copied into the corresponding formal arguments
The thing a function or operator operates on In "a + b", "a" and "b" are arguments to the addition operator "+" In "print(5)", "5" is the first and only argument to "print" Same as parameter
a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable; if f(x)=y, x is the independent variable
A series of statements organized so that the final statement is a conclusion which is intended to follow logically from the preceding statements, which function as premises
An argument is a conversation in which people disagree with each other angrily or noisily. Anny described how she got into an argument with one of the marchers. a heated argument
A value passed to a function (function argument) or program (command line argument) to provide information about the way it should operate DecisionStream
Some functions just return a value (like a function for Pi, or for the current time) but some functions take an input, such as a sine function, or multiple inputs, such as an exponent function (which requires both a base number and the power you want to raise it to ) In programming, we call those inputs arguments, and when a function call is made, the argument is passed along with it