c# default parameters

Question

In other languages I can set up the method signature like

cookEgg(boolean hardBoiled = true)

this defaults the parameter hardboiled to true, if I don't receive a parameter in the method call. How would I achieve this in c#?

Many thanks

Answer 1

At present, you have to overload the method:

void cookEgg(bool hardBoiled) { ... }
void cookEgg() { cookEgg(true); }

C# 4.0 will add optional arguments - you will be able to write code exactly as in your original sample, and it will work as you'd expect.

Answer 2

This is not what you look exactly but I think params argument is another answer.

void test(params int []arg) { }

Answer 3

Default parameters are supported in C# 4 (Visual Studio 2010).

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd264739(VS.100).aspx