No named parameters in Ruby?

Question

This is so simple that I can\'t believe it caught me.

def meth(id, options = \"options\", scope = \"scope\")
  puts options
end

meth(1, scope = \"meh\")

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Answer 1

Ruby doesn't have named parameters.

The example method definition has parameters with default values.

The call site example assigns a value to a caller's-scope local variable named scope and then passes its value (meh) to the options parameter.