What's the difference between an argument and a parameter?

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#1

Okay, I’m having trouble understanding the difference between an argument and a parameter.

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function foo(Parameter1, Parameter2)

end

foo(Argument1, Argument2)

You pass a Argument to a function, and the function receives Parameters I believe.

EDIT: Oops

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#3

Parameters are a function’s input variables. They are sometimes called formal parameters.

local function foo(bar, baz) -- bar and baz are parameters

end

Arguments are a function’s input values. For this reason they are sometimes also called actual parameters.

foo("hello", 1) -- arguments are "hello" and 1
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