On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 8:20 AM, Ibon Castilla<ibon.castilla / gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi there:
>
> I was learning about methods, and when I was trying to use optional
> arguments I get stucked with this:
>
> def my_method (a='This', b='is', c='great')
>  ¨Âõô᫧«â«§«> end
>
> If I try:
>  ¨Âùßíåôèï䨧Òõâù§©
> > Ruby is great
> > nil
>
> But if I try:
>  ¨Âùßíåôèï䨬¬§ãïï짩
> > SyntaxError: compile error
>
> Any idea on how to use arguments different from the first one?.
>
> Thank's in advance, Ibon.
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Optional arguments must be passed in the order they're declared, and
cannot be omitted.  Instead, you'll often see hashes used instead.

def my_method(options={})
  o = {
    :a => 'This',
    :b => 'is',
    :c => 'cool'
  }.merge(options)

  puts "#{o[:a]} #{o[:b]} #{o[:c]}"
end

my_method( :c => 'great' )