How do we create a MySQL stored function that uses dynamic data from a table?

MySQL stored functions can reference tables, but they cannot use statements that return result sets. So we can say that there is no SELECT query that returns a result set. But we can use SELECT INTO to get rid of this problem. For example, we are creating a function "Avg_marks" which calculates the average score using dynamic data from a table called "Student_marks" (with the following records).

mysql> Select * from Student_marks;
+-------+------+---------+---------+---------+
| Name  | Math | English | Science | History |
+-------+------+---------+---------+---------+
| Raman |   95 |      89 |      85 |      81 |
| Rahul |   90 |      87 |      86 |      81 |
+-------+------+---------+---------+---------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> DELIMITER //
mysql> Create Function Avg_marks(S_name Varchar(50))
    -> RETURNS INT
    -> DETERMINISTIC
    -> BEGIN
    -> DECLARE M1,M2,M3,M4,avg INT;
    -> SELECT Math,English,Science,History INTO M1,M2,M3,M4 FROM Student_marks W
HERE Name = S_name;
    -> SET avg = (M1+M2+M3+M4)/4;
    -> RETURN avg;
    -> END //
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)

mysql> DELIMITER ;
mysql> Select Avg_marks('Raman') AS 'Raman_Marks';
+-------------+
| Raman_Marks |
+-------------+
|          88 |
+-------------+
1 row in set (0.07 sec)

mysql> Select Avg_marks('Rahul') AS 'Raman_Marks';
+-------------+
| Raman_Marks |
+-------------+
|          86 |
+-------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

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