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Re: Default subroutine parameters

by samgold (Scribe)
on Apr 22, 2002 at 23:47 UTC ( [id://161205]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??

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in reply to Default subroutine parameters

Could you check the number of arguments using $#argv and use an if statement to define it or not.
if ($#argv == 0){ $foo = 'default'; }else { $foo = shift; }
or something like that. I hope that helps.

Sam

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