Re: Re: Explicitly check for argument presence...


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Re: Re: Explicitly check for argument presence...

by RMGir (Prior)

on Apr 22, 2002 at 18:39 UTC ( [id://161121]=note: print w/replies, xml )

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in reply to Re: Explicitly check for argument presence...
in thread Default subroutine parameters

Well, it works if the optional arguments are all trailing.

sub lotsaArgs {
   my $arg1 = 'default';
   $arg1 = shift if @_;

   my $arg2 = 'default';
   $arg2 = shift if @_;

   my $arg3 = 'default';
   $arg3 = shift if @_;

   my $arg4 = 'default';
   $arg4 = shift if @_;
...
}
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This would be analogous to default arguments in C++, for instance.

If you want to have named arguments, and only pass some of them, then the hash of default values and

my %args=(%defaults,@_);
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as suggested below is obviously better.

But as asked, he seemed to have only one arg to default.
--
Mike

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Re: (3) Explicitly check for argument presence... (boo)
by boo_radley (Parson) on Apr 22, 2002 at 23:14 UTC

my $argN="default";
$argN=shift if @_;
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&foo (1,2,3);

sub foo {
    my @defaults= qw (foo bar baz quux quuz boo);
    for (1.. @_) {shift @defaults};
    @_= (@_, @defaults);
    ($a1, $a2, $a3, $a4, $a5, $a6) = @_;    
    print join "\n",$a1, $a2, $a3, $a4, $a5, $a6;
}
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