Wrapping a task into a procedure : Procedure « Function Procedure Packages « Oracle PL/SQL Tutorial

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SQL> declare
  2      v VARCHAR2(50):= 'I just printed my <in> line!';
  3      procedure p_print(i_string in VARCHAR2, i_replace in VARCHAR2 := 'new') is
  4      begin
  5          DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line(replace(i_string,'<in>', i_replace));
  6      end;
  7  begin
  8      p_print (v,'first');
  9      p_print (v,'second');
 10      p_print (v);
 11  end;
 12  /
I just printed my first line!
I just printed my second line!
I just printed my new line!

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

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