Should have replied to list.
----- Original message -----
From: Greg Reagle <greg.rea...@umbc.edu>
To: Mark Volkmann <r.mark.volkm...@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Fish-users] default function parameters
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2017 18:43:28 -0400
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
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