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Set default argument values in a function
Apr 15th, 2014 at 11:31am
 
Hello,

     I have a function I would like to specify default values for some of its arguments so that I will not have to supply these arguments whenever I need to use the function, unless I prefer better value(s) to the default. I have no idea how this can be done on HyPhy. I will appreciate if anyone could assist.

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Re: Set default argument values in a function
Reply #1 - Apr 16th, 2014 at 4:18pm
 
Hi there,

There is no mechanism for doing so in HyPhy (there will be in version 3 currently under development).

A kludgy workaround is to provide wrapper functions which prefill the arguments by default:

Code:
function full (a,b,c) {
...
}

function shorthand (a) {
     return full (a, 0, 1);
}



 



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Re: Set default argument values in a function
Reply #2 - Apr 16th, 2014 at 10:27pm
 
Hi Sergei,

   Thanks for your swift response.

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