Programming Elixir ≥ 1.6

Default Parameters

When you define a named function, you can give a default value to any of its parameters by using the syntax param \\ value. When you call a function that is defined with default parameters, Elixir compares the number of arguments you are passing with the number of required parameters for the function. If you’re passing fewer arguments than the number of required parameters, then there’s no match. If the two numbers are equal, then the required parameters take the values of the passed arguments, and the other parameters take their default values. If the count of passed arguments is greater than the number of required parameters, Elixir uses the excess to override the default values of some or all parameters. Parameters are ...