How to skip optional parameters in C#?

Question

Example:

public int foo(int x, int optionalY = 1, int optionalZ = 2) { ... }

I'd like to call it like this:

int returnVal = foo(5,,8); 

In other words, I want to provide x and z, but I want to use the default for Y, optionalY = 1.

Visual Studio does not like the ,,

Please help.

Answer 1

If this is C# 4.0, you can use named arguments feature:

foo(x: 5, optionalZ: 8); 

See this blog for more information.

Answer 2

In C# 4.0 you can name the arguments occurring after skipped defaults like this:

int returnVal = foo(5, optionalZ: 8);

This is called as named arguments. Several others languages provide this feature, and it's common form them to use the syntax foo(5, optionalZ=8) instead, which is useful to know when reading code in other languages.

Answer 3

Another dynamic way to supply parameters of your choise is to implement your method(s) in a class and supply named parameters to the class constructor. Why not even add calls to methods on same line of code as mentioned here : How to define named Parameters C#

var p = new PersonInfo { Name = "Peter", Age = 15 }.BuildPerson();

Answer 4

This is a late answer, but for the people who get into this. One could also use Overloads,that uses the same name as the method/function, but with a different set of parameters.

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int SummAll (int a=0, int b=1, int c=2)
{return a+b+c;}

int SumAll (int a=0;int c=10) //skipping B 
{return a+c; }

This pattern equals how with intellicense we can browse through variations of functions.