How to test if a parameter is provided to a function?

Question

I was wondering, can you create a function with an optional parameter.

Example:

function parameterTest(test)
{
   if exists(test)
   {
     alert(\'t         


        

Answer 1

I know this is old, but this is my preferred way to check, and assign default values to functions:

function testParamFunction(param1, param2) {
    param1 = typeof param1 === 'undefined' ? null : param1;
    param2 = typeof param2 === 'undefined' ? 'default' : param2;

    // exit if the required parameter is not passed
    if (param1 === null) {
        console.error('Required parameter was not passed');
        return;
    }

    // param2 is not mandatory and is assigned a default value so 
    // things continue as long as param1 has a value
}