Named notation : IN Parameters « Function Procedure Packages « Oracle PL/SQL Tutorial

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3. IN Parameters

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SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE show_line(ip_line_length IN NUMBER,ip_separator IN VARCHAR2)
  2  IS
  3    myString VARCHAR2(150);
  4  BEGIN
  5
  6    FOR idx in 1..ip_line_length LOOP
  7
  8      myString := myString || ip_separator;
  9
 10    END LOOP;
 11
 12    DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(myString);
 13
 14  EXCEPTION WHEN OTHERS THEN
 15
 16    dbms_output.put_line(SQLERRM);
 17
 18  END;
 19  /

Procedure created.

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SQL>
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> DECLARE
  2
  3    v_length NUMBER :=50;
  4
  5    v_separator VARCHAR2(1):='=';
  6
  7  BEGIN
  8
  9    show_line(ip_line_length=>v_length,ip_separator=>v_separator);
 10
 11  END;
 12  /