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--- at:tutorial:basic [2020/02/09 21:39] – elisag
+++ at:tutorial:basic [2020/02/09 21:47] – elisag
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 ==== Optional Parameters ====
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-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 =====