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

JavaScript is untyped language, and I only think that makes sense to overload a method/function with regards to the number of params. Hence, I would recommend to check if the parameter has been defined:

myFunction = function(a, b, c) {
     if (b === undefined && c === undefined ){
          // do x...
     }
     else {
          // do y...
     }
};