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Default values / optional parameters

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  • Subject: [mg22053] Default values / optional parameters
  • From: Hermann Klocker <h.klocker at tirol.com>
  • Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 02:38:36 -0500 (EST)
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

[Contact the author to obtain the notebook mentioned - moderator]

The sample notebook shows how two functions defined in a very similar 
manner behave differently when using optional parameters. Question: How 
can I define a function whose optional parameter is a pattern requiring 
a specific head and has a given default value? Help says this is x_h:v 
but my example says that this does not work in some cases.

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