Javascript add extra argument

Question

Lets take a look at this code:

var mainFunction = function() {
  altFunction.apply(null, arguments);
}

The arguments that are passed to \"mainF

Answer 1

For those who like me was looking for a way to add an argument that is optional and may be not the only omitted one (myFunc = function(reqiured,optional_1,optional_2,targetOptional) with the call like myFunc(justThisOne)), this can be done as follows:

// first we make sure arguments is long enough
// argumentPosition is supposed to be 1,2,3... (4 in the example above)
while(arguments.length < argumentPosition)
    [].push.call(arguments,undefined);
// next we assign it
arguments[argumentPosition-1] = arguments[argumentPosition-1] || defaultValue;