Functions

Functions the most important concept in Clio. Here’s how we define them:

In above code we define a function named add, this function accepts two parameters: a and b, what it does is adding a and b together. We don’t have a return keyword in Clio, all functions return the last evaluated expression.

A function’s body can be either a block just like above, or an expression:

Anonymous Functions

Clio has a unique way of defining anonymous functions. In Clio, anonymous function parameters are implicit:

The code above makes an anonymous function that accepts two parameters a and b . Please note that anonymous functions should be wrapped in parentheses. These functions are very useful when filtering out an array, mapping or reducing one.

To use an anonymous function, you don’t need to assign it to a constant: