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Any or all the function's parameters can be assigned default values. The one restriction is this: If any of the parameters does not have a default value, no previous parameter may have a default value.
If the function prototype looks like
long myFunction (int Param1, int Param2, int Param3);
you can assign a default value to Param2 only if you have assigned a default value to Param3. You can assign a default value to Param1 only if you've assigned default values to both Param2 and Param3. Listing 5.5 demonstrates the use of default values.
LISTING 5.5 DEMONSTRATES DEFAULT PARAMETER VALUES

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1:   // Listing 5.5 - demonstrates use
2:   // of default parameter values
3:
4:   #include <iostream.h>
5:
6:   int AreaCube(int length, int width = 25, int height = 1);
7:
8:   int main()
9:   {
10:        int length = 100;
11:        int width = 50;
12:        int height = 2;
13:        int area;
14:
15:        area = AreaCube(length, width, height);
16:        cout << First area equals:  << area << \n;
17:
18:        area = AreaCube(length, width);
19:        cout << Second time area equals:  << area << \n;
20:
21:        area = AreaCube(length);
22:        cout << Third time area equals:  << area << \n;
23:        return 0;
24:  }
25:
26:  AreaCube(int length, int width, int height)
27:  {
28:
29:        return (length * width * height);
30:  }

Output:
First area equals: 10000
Second time area equals: 5000
Third time area equals: 2500

 
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