routines vs transformations

karthikgk0705 · Post by **karthikgk0705** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 10:59 pm

Hi,
Can anyone tell me the exact differences b/w routines and transformers?what are all the difference between them?
thanks in advance

ArndW · Post by **ArndW** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 1:04 am

Although both are written in BASIC code a transformation is a one-line piece of code that is replaced at compile-time into the job. A routine is a separately compiled program that is called as a function [it takes n-arguments and returns 1 value].