https://hugo.curtiscode.dev/tags/parameters/Recent content in parameters on Curtis TimsonHugo -- gohugo.ioen-GBWed, 05 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://hugo.curtiscode.dev/post/js/default-parameters-es6/Wed, 05 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://hugo.curtiscode.dev/post/js/default-parameters-es6/With ES5 if you wish to set default parameters on a javascript function you would be required to check the value and supply a default if one hadn’t been set. var myFunction = function(arg1, arg2){ arg1 = arg1 || 25; arg2 = arg2 || true; //do something } Even this has problems as passing in 0 for arg1 or false for arg2 would both evaluate as “falsey” and therefore set the default values.