From: Kjersti Berg <kjersti.berg@...>
Date: 2007-04-18T02:53:13+09:00
Subject: Re: how to have a default argument

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On 17/04/07, shawn bright <nephish@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> hello all,
>
> i have a function that sometimes needs to be passed a variable, but
> sometimes not.
>
> def get_some_records(year)
>     get records for year
>     process them
>     return result
> end
>
> the thing is, i already have it written, but i would like to have a
> default
> like if get_some_records() is called, year would be assumed to be 2007
>
> is there a way i can do this without having to change everywhere it is
> called in my code?


Hi

If I understand you correctly, you could do this:

def get_some_records(year='2007')
    get records for year
    process
   return
end

year will be set to 2007 if no parameter is given.

Kjersti

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