Functions can be called either by value or reference

Example:

#include<stdio.h>
int mul(int, int); /* Function prototype */

int main()
{
    int a = 4, b = 3, c;
    c = mul(a, b);
    printf("c = %d\n", c);
    return 0;
}
int mul(int a, int b)
{
   return (a * b);
   return (a - b); /* Warning: Unreachable code */
}

Output:
c = 12

Example:

#include <stdio.h>
float sub(float, float); /* Function prototype */

int main()
{
    float a = 4.5, b = 3.2, c;
    c = sub(a, b);
    printf("c = %f\n", c);
    return 0;
}
float sub(float a, float b)
{
   return (a - b);
}

Output:
c = 1.300000