Function overloading in Javascript - Best practices

Question

What is the best way(s) to fake function overloading in Javascript?

I know it is not possible to overload functions in Javascript as in other languages. If I neede

Answer 1

Something like this can be done for function overloading.

function addCSS(el, prop, val) {
  return {
    2: function() {
      // when two arguments are set
      // now prop is an oject
      for (var i in prop) {
          el.style[i] = prop[i];
      }
    },
    3: function() {
      // when three arguments are set
      el.style[prop] = val;
    }
    }[arguments.length]();
}
// usage
var el = document.getElementById("demo");
addCSS(el, "color", "blue");
addCSS(el, {
    "backgroundColor": "black",
  "padding": "10px"
});

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