Creating Functions

In JScript, to create a function, you start with the function keyword followed by a name. To specify that this is a function and not a normal variable, the name of the function is followed by parentheses.

As a function is a task, its job is described between curly brackets ( "{" and "}") typed after the parentheses of the function.

Example

function Welcome()
{
}

The section between the curly brackets is referred to as the body of the function. In this section, you type what the function is supposed to do:

function Welcome()
{
print ("Welcome to this Reportal Scripting course!!");
}

Note: Public functions cannot be used in a class in Reportal as it will return an error. The static keyword is used.

Also, there are several context-states that must be passed to a code-library script:

User	user
Report	report
ConfirmitFacade	confirmit
Logger	log
Mailer	mail
ReportState	state
ScriptPageContext	pageContext
ScriptingSettings	settings

Example

class myCar
{
var Model : String = "Honda"; // public field
function sayHello() // public method
{
return "Hello";
}
}
var c : myCar = new myCar;
print(c.sayHello() + ", I own a " + c.Model);

This will output: "Hello, I own a Honda".

Calling a Function

Using a function is also referred to as calling it. The simplest way to call a function is by writing the word function, followed by the function's name, followed by parentheses, and finally followed by a semi-colon.

Example:

function Welcome()
{
     print ("Welcome to this Reportal Scripting course!!");
}
Welcome();