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--- at:tutorial:basic [2020/02/09 19:40] – * elisag
+++ at:tutorial:basic [2020/02/09 21:52] – elisag
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 >>[2, 3, 4]
 </code>
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 </code>
-Finally, we can create a function for nXn tables as follows:
+You can find later in this chapter a helper function for creating matrices  [[:at:tutorial:basic#optional_parameters|here]].
-<code>
-def makeMatrix(n) { def col[n] {0}; def m[n] { [@col]}};
-def c := makeMatrix(3);
->>[[0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0]]
->c[1] := [1,2,3]
->>[1, 2, 3]
->c
->>[[1, 2, 3], [0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0]]
-</code>
 ===== Functions =====
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 >> 21
 </code>
 ==== Optional Parameters ====
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 </code>
-As is customary in languages with the above parameter passing semantics, AmbientTalk requires mandatory parameters to be defined //before// optional parameters, which should in turn be defined //before// a variable-argument parameter, if any.
+As is customary in languages with the above optional arguments, AmbientTalk requires mandatory parameters to be defined //before// optional parameters, which should in turn be defined //before// a variable-argument parameter, if any.
+Let us show how to use optional arguments to define an auxilary function that creates matrices as follows:
+<code>
+def makeMatrix(n, m := n, init := { |i,j| 0}){
+  def [i,j] := [0,0];
+  def makeCol(i,j) {
+     def col[m] { j := j + 1; init(n,m) }
+  };
+  def matrix[n] { i := i + 1; makeCol(i,j)}
+};
+def b := makeMatrix(2,4, {|i,j| object: { def occupied := false }});
+>((b[2])[4]).occupied := true
+>>true
+>(h[2]).each: {|e| system.print(" " + e.occupied)}
+>> false false false true
+>def c := makeMatrix(3);
+>>[[0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0]]
+>c[1] := [1,2,3]
+>>[1, 2, 3]
+>c
+>>[[1, 2, 3], [0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0]]
+</code>
 ===== Closures =====