Declare a variable

[tobeyt23]

Can you set a variable like so:

 

Function something(bob = true) {

 

}

[Frank_b]

Yes that is possible. its called a default value. The only rule is that parameters with default values come after parameters without.

 

 

//wrong

function something($a = 'cool', $b)

{

}

 

//right

function something($a, $b = 'cool')

{

}

 

Edited December 20, 2014 by Frank_b

[tobeyt23]

Thank you!

[kicken]

Considering this topic is in the Javascript forum, the correct answer is no, you cannot. Javascript has no concept of default values for function parameters. What you have to do is check whether the parameter was defined and if not, set the default.

 

function someFunction(bob){
   if (bob === undefined){ bob = true; }

   //...
}

[haku]

You can also do:

function someFunction(bob){
  bob = bob || true;

   //...
}

[kicken]

That depends of course on what kind of value you expect for bob. If you expect a boolean value it wont work properly since false || true = true. A strict test against undefined is best for simple types. For objects using || is convenient.