Is there a way to provide named parameters in a function call in JavaScript?

Question

I find the named parameters feature in C# quite useful in some cases.

calculateBMI(70, height: 175);

What can I use if I want this in JavaS

Answer 1

Contrary to what is commonly believed, named parameters can be implemented in standard, old-school JavaScript (for boolean parameters only) by means of a simple, neat coding convention, as shown below.

function f(p1=true, p2=false) {
    ...
}

f(!!"p1"==false, !!"p2"==true); // call f(p1=false, p2=true)

Caveats:

• Ordering of arguments must be preserved - but the pattern is still useful, since it makes it obvious which actual argument is meant for which formal parameter without having to grep for the function signature or use an IDE.

• This only works for booleans. However, I'm sure a similar pattern could be developed for other types using JavaScript's unique type coercion semantics.