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Return varchar2 value from function

    
SQL>
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION CallFunc(p1 IN VARCHAR2)
  2    RETURN VARCHAR2 AS
  3  BEGIN
  4    DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('CallFunc called with ' || p1);
  5    RETURN p1;
  6  END CallFunc;
  7  /

Function created.

SQL> VARIABLE v_Output VARCHAR2(50);
SQL> CALL CallFunc('Hello!') INTO :v_Output;
CallFunc called with Hello!

Call completed.

SQL> PRINT v_Output

V_OUTPUT
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hello!

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