Add this to the top of the function:
set -q language[1]
or set language english
On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 3:25 PM, Mark Volkmann <r.mark.volkm...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> What's the best way to provide a default value for a function parameter?
> For example, suppose I have a function like this:
>
> function greet -a name language
> switch "$language"
> case 'english'
> echo 'Hello, '$name
> case 'spanish'
> echo 'Hola, '$name
> case '*'
> echo unsupported language $language
> end
> end
>
> If it is called with "greet Bob", I want language to default to 'english'.
>
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