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Javascript Default Named Parameters

I wanted to create a function with some named parameters as optional values, but I wanted them to have a default value for each option. I could use function({max = 10, min = -10}){} but this only works if you pass a js object as argument. So I added a default object into that and it just works great. Check this out:

avg = function({max = 10, min = -10} = {max: 11, min: -11}) {
  let avg = (max + min) / 2;
  console.log('min', min, 'max', max, 'avg', avg);
  return avg;
}

avg();
// => min -11 max 11 avg 0

avg({});
// => min -10 max 10 avg 0

avg({max: 5});
// => min -10 max 5 avg -2.5

avg({min: 6});
// => min 6 max 10 avg 8

avg({max: 5, min: 6});
// => min 6 max 5 avg 5.5

Default values are different on this example for illustration purposes.

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