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<span id="command:function"></span><h1>function<a class="headerlink" href="#function" title="Permalink to this headline">ΒΆ</a></h1>
<p>Start recording a function for later invocation as a command:</p>
<div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">function</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">name</span><span class="o">&gt;</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="n">arg1</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="n">arg2</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="n">arg3</span> <span class="o">...</span><span class="p">]]])</span>
<span class="n">COMMAND1</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">ARGS</span> <span class="o">...</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">COMMAND2</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">ARGS</span> <span class="o">...</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="o">...</span>
<span class="n">endfunction</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">name</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="p">)</span>
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<p>Define a function named <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">&lt;name&gt;</span></code> that takes arguments named <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">arg1</span></code>,
<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">arg2</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">arg3</span></code>, (...).
Commands listed after function, but before the matching
<span class="target" id="index-0-command:endfunction"></span><a class="reference internal" href="endfunction.html#command:endfunction" title="endfunction"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal"><span class="pre">endfunction()</span></code></a>, are not invoked until the function is invoked.
When it is invoked, the commands recorded in the function are first
modified by replacing formal parameters (<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">${arg1}</span></code>) with the arguments
passed, and then invoked as normal commands.
In addition to referencing the formal parameters you can reference the
<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ARGC</span></code> variable which will be set to the number of arguments passed
into the function as well as <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ARGV0</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ARGV1</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ARGV2</span></code>, ... which
will have the actual values of the arguments passed in.
This facilitates creating functions with optional arguments.
Additionally <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ARGV</span></code> holds the list of all arguments given to the
function and <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ARGN</span></code> holds the list of arguments past the last expected
argument.
Referencing to <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ARGV#</span></code> arguments beyond <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ARGC</span></code> have undefined
behavior. Checking that <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ARGC</span></code> is greater than <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">#</span></code> is the only way
to ensure that <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ARGV#</span></code> was passed to the function as an extra
argument.</p>
<p>A function opens a new scope: see <span class="target" id="index-0-command:set"></span><a class="reference internal" href="set.html#command:set" title="set"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal"><span class="pre">set(var</span> <span class="pre">PARENT_SCOPE)</span></code></a> for
details.</p>
<p>See the <span class="target" id="index-0-command:cmake_policy"></span><a class="reference internal" href="cmake_policy.html#command:cmake_policy" title="cmake_policy"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal"><span class="pre">cmake_policy()</span></code></a> command documentation for the behavior
of policies inside functions.</p>
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