Difference between function and method?

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method vs function vs procedure vs class ?

Can some one give the differences between a method and a function?

Answer 1

Both are the same. Both are subroutines and both can return a value. Only difference may be the attachment to class. Method sounds more attached to a class but again, people use to call the non attached ones too methods. So, in that aspect too they can be seen as same

Answer 2

In many languages methods don't return values while functions do.

Answer 3

In java, and c++, by convention a function is called a method if it is member of a class.

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