Yep, use an array.
--
Monte Goulding
On 05/05/2012, at 12:03 PM, Peter Haworth <p...@lcsql.com> wrote:
> I seem to recall somewhere in the dim distant past that some languages have
> a syntax where function and procedure calls can have named parameters
> rather than positional ones.
>
> function doIT p1,p2,p3,p4,p5,p6,p7,p8,p9,p10
> ..
> ..
> end doIT
>
> put doIT("abc",p3="xyz", p10="def") into tVar
>
> When functions have a large number of possible parameters but not all of
> them are required, this is a great way to avoid having to count commas in
> the calls to them.
>
> I don;t think LC has any such syntax built in but wondering if anyone has
> tried to implement something similar?
>
>
> Pete
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