One function can take an input argument as another function and it can return a function. This originated from calculus and is widely used in functional programming. Order can be determined by domain and range of order such as order 0 has no function data and order 1 has a domain and range of order 0, if order is higher than 1, it is called a higher-order function. For example, the ComplexCalc function takes another function as input and returns a different function as output:
open Systemlet sum y = x+xlet divide y = x/xLet ComplexCalc func = (func 2)Printfn(ComplexCalc sum) // 4Printfn(ComplexCalc divide) //1
In the previous example, we created two functions, sum and divide. We pass these two functions as parameters ...
