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- Binding patterns
- Typed binding pattern
- Wildcard binding pattern
- List binding patterns
- Rest binding pattern in list binding pattern
- Mapping binding pattern
- Rest binding pattern in mapping binding pattern
- Error binding pattern
- Rest binding pattern in error binding pattern
- Single use of typed binding patterns
- Single use of typed binding patterns with on fail clause
- Iterative use of typed binding patterns
- List binding pattern in match statement
- Mapping binding pattern in match statement
- Error binding pattern in match statement
- Query expressions
- Sort iterable objects
- Let clause
- Limit clause
- Join iterable objects
- Outer Join clause
- Query tables
- Create tables with a query
- Create maps with a query
- Create streams with a query
- On conflict clause
- Advanced conflict handling
- Iterate over XML with a query
- Nested query expressions
- Destructure records using a query
- Querying streams
- Aggregation
- JSON type
- Access JSON elements
- Access optional JSON elements
- Match statement with maps
- Convert from user-defined type to JSON
- Convert from table and XML to JSON
- Convert from JSON to user-defined type
- Cast JSON to user-defined type
- Resource method typing
- JSON numbers
- JSON to record
- JSON to record with projection
- JSONPath expressions
- Asynchronous function calls
- Named workers
- Sequence diagrams
- Wait for workers
- Strands
- Named worker return values
- Alternate wait
- Multiple wait
- Named workers and futures
- Inter-worker message passing
- Alternate receive
- Multiple receive
- Conditional send
- Inter-worker failure propagation
- Named worker with on fail clause
- Synchronize message passing
- Asynchronize message passing
- Flush
- Fork
Default values for function parameters
Ballerina allows specifying default values for function parameters. You can use any expression such as a literal or a function call as the default value of a parameter. Additionally, the default value expressions can use the values of the preceding parameters.
import ballerina/io;
// Use the value of the preceding `str` parameter to initialize the `end` parameter.
function subString(string str, int 'start = 0, int end = str.length()) returns string {
return str.substring('start, end);
}
public function main() {
// Call the `subString` function using the default values of `start` and `end` parameters.
io:println(subString("Ballerina Language"));
// Call the `subString` function by passing a value for the `start` default parameter.
io:println(subString("Ballerina Language", 10));
// Call the `subString` function by passing values for `start` and `end` default parameters.
io:println(subString("Ballerina Language", 10, 14));
}
$ bal default_values_for_function_parameters.balBallerina LanguageLanguageLang
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