Procedures in Nim

procedures.nim

#Procedure with implicit return result 
proc sumTillNegative(x: varargs[int]): int =
  for i in x:
    if i < 0:
      return
    result = result + i

echo sumTillNegative() # echos 0
echo sumTillNegative(3, 4, 5) # echos 12
echo sumTillNegative(3, 4 , -1 , 6) # echos 7

#Procedure with mutable variable
proc divmod(a, b: int; res, remainder: var int) =
  res = a div b        # integer division
  remainder = a mod b  # integer modulo operation

var
  x, y: int
divmod(8, 5, x, y) # modifies x and y
echo x
echo y

#ignoring return value
discard yes("May I ask a pointless question?")

proc p(x, y: int): int {.discardable.} =
  return x + y

p(3, 4) # now valid

#Procedure with named arguments and default values
proc createWindow(x = 0, y = 0, width = 500, height = 700,
                  title = "unknown",
                  show = true): Window =
   ...

var w = createWindow(title = "My Application", height = 600, width = 800)