what is the difference between parameter and argument in computer science?
The term parameter refers to any declaration within the parentheses following the function name in a function declaration or definition; the term argument refers to any expression within the parentheses of a function call.
1.parameter used in procedure defination
2.arguments used in procedure call
This example demonstrates the difference between a parameter and an argument:
void foo(int a,char b); //a and b are parameters,
here procedure is define
int main()
{
foo(5,'a'); //5 and 'a' are arguments,
here procedure is called
return 0;
}