Pure function

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In computer programming, a pure function is a function that has the following properties:^[1][2]

1. the function return values are identical for identical arguments (no variation with local static variables, non-local variables, mutable reference arguments or input streams, i.e., referential transparency), and
2. the function has no side effects (no mutation of non-local variables, mutable reference arguments or input/output streams).