{"id":27059,"date":"2024-03-16T07:48:08","date_gmt":"2024-03-16T07:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-declare-and-use-inline-functions-in-c-language\/"},"modified":"2024-03-22T10:06:24","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T10:06:24","slug":"how-to-declare-and-use-inline-functions-in-c-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-declare-and-use-inline-functions-in-c-language\/","title":{"rendered":"How to declare and use inline functions in C language?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In C language, the inline keyword can be used to declare an inline function. Inline functions automatically insert the function&#8217;s code directly at the location where it is called during compilation, instead of executing it through a function call.<\/p>\n<p>To declare an inline function, you need to add the keyword &#8220;inline&#8221; before the function definition. For example:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">inline<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-type\">int<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title function_\">add<\/span><span class=\"hljs-params\">(<span class=\"hljs-type\">int<\/span> a, <span class=\"hljs-type\">int<\/span> b)<\/span> {\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">return<\/span> a + b;\r\n}\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Then you can use inline functions just like regular functions by calling them.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-type\">int<\/span> result = add(<span class=\"hljs-number\">2<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">3<\/span>);\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>It is important to note that inline functions should generally be defined in header files for use in multiple source files.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the compiler may decide whether or not to actually inline expand functions based on its own optimization strategy, so it cannot guarantee that all function calls will be inlined. 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