Should go to list. Sorry for replying wrong earlier.
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From: Mark Volkmann <r.mark.volkm...@gmail.com>
To: Greg Reagle <greg.rea...@umbc.edu>
Subject: Re: [Fish-users] default function parameters
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2017 17:46:42 -0500
But suppose I wasn't using a switch and I wanted to set the value of
$language to some default value inside the function.I'm new to fish, so maybe
I'm not allowed to change the value of a
parameter like language.If that's the case, I'd like set a new variable (maybe
lang) to either
$language if it's set or 'english' if it is not set.How can I do that?
On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 5:44 PM, Mark Volkmann <r.mark.volkm...@gmail.com>
wrote:> Thanks so much Greg!
>
> On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 5:43 PM, Greg Reagle
> <greg.rea...@umbc.edu> wrote:>> On Fri, Aug 18, 2017, at 18:25, Mark Volkmann
> wrote:
>> > What's the best way to provide a default value for a function
>> > parameter? For example, suppose I have a function like this:
>> >
>> > function greet -a name language switch "$language" case
>> > 'english' echo 'Hello, '$name case 'spanish' echo
>> > 'Hola, '$name case '*' echo unsupported language $language
>> > end end
>> >
>> > If it is called with "greet Bob", I want language to default to
>> > 'english'.
>>
>> function greet -a name language switch "$language"
>> case spanish>> echo "Hola, $name"
>> case english '*'
>> echo "Hello, $name"
>> end
>> end
>
>
>
> --
> R. Mark Volkmann
> Object Computing, Inc.
>
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R. Mark Volkmann
Object Computing, Inc.
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