Writing a PROCEDURE

Writing a PROCEDURE:
- Procedures are one of the fundamental building blocks of a macro. They allow code to be written once and then called many times within a macro. A procedure starts with PROCEDURE and ends with RETURN.
```
PROCEDURE <name> <parameters>
  ...
RETURN
```
- The rules for procedure names are the same as those for command names (starts with a letter and then can include letters, numbers, or underscores).
```
PROCEDURE MYPROC <parameters>
  ...
RETURN
```
- A procedure can take in a number of parameters which are specified in the same way that parameters are listed on the STARTMACRO line.
```
PROCEDURE MYPROC L:MYNUM[42] T:MYTABLE S:MYSTRING
  ...
RETURN
```
- Two important things to note:
  - Procedures can not directly return anything (i.e. there is nothing after the RETURN).
  - Procedures share a common results table with the rest of the macro.

Java Experts Take Note:
The two primary differences between a `PROCEDURE` in a Macro and a Java method are that a `PROCEDURE` does not return anything and it shares variable-name-space with the rest of the macro.