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1.1.1 Function Header

In our example, the first two lines of the function definition are the header. Its purpose is to state the function’s name and say how it is called:

int
fib (int n)

says that the function returns an integer (type int), its name is fib, and it takes one argument named n which is also an integer. (Data types will be explained later, in Primitive Types.)