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JavaScript for .NET Developers

You're reading from   JavaScript for .NET Developers Developing for the modern web

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785886461
Length 390 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Ovais Mehboob Ahmed Khan Ovais Mehboob Ahmed Khan
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Preface 1. JavaScript for Modern Web Applications FREE CHAPTER 2. Advanced JavaScript Concepts 3. Using jQuery in ASP.NET 4. Ajax Techniques 5. Developing an ASP.NET Application Using Angular 2 and Web API 6. Exploring the WinJS Library 7. JavaScript Design Patterns 8. Node.js for ASP.NET Developers 9. Using JavaScript for Large-Scale Projects 10. Testing and Debugging JavaScript Index

Function arguments

We already know that the JavaScript functions can have parameters. However, the type of the parameters cannot be specified when creating a function. JavaScript neither performs any type checking on the parameter values passed nor validates the number of parameters when the function is called. So, for example, if a JavaScript function is taking two parameters, as shown in this code, we can even call it without passing any parameter value or by passing any type of the values or more values than the expected number of the parameters defined:

function execute(a, b) {
  //do something
}

//calling without parameter values
execute();

//passing numeric values
execute(1, 2);

//passing string values
execute("hello","world");

//passing more parameters
execute(1,2,3,4,5);

The missing parameters are set as undefined, whereas if more parameters are passed, these parameters can be accessed through the arguments object. The arguments object is a built-in object...

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