Re: multiple parameters in function

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

jodleren wrote:

On Jul 2, 12:04 pm, jodleren <[e-mail]:

>I want to pass one or two parameters to a function, such as

function OpenDirSel(input, user)
{
}

The point: it does not work with 2 parameters, why?
Is there a way, that I can make the 2nd parameter optional?

ECMAScript functions do not have arity (a fixed number of arguments that
they take). This means *all* arguments are optional on call. Whether they
are also implemented as being optional, depends on you/the function's
developer. For example:

function openDirSel(input, user)
{
/*
* Gauntlet to return if the argument value is a false-value;
* or you could throw an exception etc.
*/
if (!user) return null;

window.alert(input);
}

or

function openDirSel(input)
{
/*
* Gauntlet to return if the argument value is a false-value;
* no *named* second argument, so we use the `arguments' object.
*/
if (!arguments[1]) return null;

window.alert(input);
}

and then

if (!openDirSel("BOO!"))
{
// DEBUG: `undefined' converts to `false'
window.alert("openDirSel: Invalid second argument!");
}

Like in
<input name="btn_dir1" type="button" value=" ... "
onclick="OpenDirSel(dir1.value, 'test');">

It would not work because `dir1' did not refer to an object. ISTM you were
looking for `this' instead, to refer to the object handling the event.

Or your markup could be not Valid, so there was no script code to execute:
<http://validator.w3.org/>
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[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:

jodleren wrote:

>On Jul 2, 12:04 pm, jodleren <[e-mail]:

>>I want to pass one or two parameters to a function, such as

function OpenDirSel(input, user)
{
}

The point: it does not work with 2 parameters, why?
Is there a way, that I can make the 2nd parameter optional?

ECMAScript functions do not have arity (a fixed number of arguments that
they take). This means *all* arguments are optional on call. Whether they
are also implemented as being optional, depends on you/the function's
developer. For example:

function openDirSel(input, user)
{
/*
* Gauntlet to return if the argument value is a false-value;
* or you could throw an exception etc.
*/
if (!user) return null;

window.alert(input);
}

[...]
and then

if (!openDirSel("BOO!"))
{
// DEBUG: `undefined' converts to `false'
window.alert("openDirSel: Invalid second argument!");
}

Hmmm, to explain better, I should have returned `true' if all necessary
arguments were passed:

function openDirSel(input, user)
{
/*
* Gauntlet to return if the argument value is a false-value;
* or you could throw an exception etc.
*/
if (!user) return false;

window.alert(input);
return true;
}
PointedEars
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