Named parameter in Javascript without overriding the existing values

Question

Here is the code that I got from this Named parameters in javascript:

var parameterfy = (function () {
    var pattern = /function[^(]*\(([^)]*)\)/;

    return function (func) {
       // fails horribly for parameterless functions ;)
       var args = func.toString().match(pattern)[1].split(/,\s*/);

       return function () {
           var named_params = arguments[arguments.length - 1];
           if (typeof named_params === 'object') {
              var params = [].slice.call(arguments, 0, -1);
              if (params.length < args.length) {
                  for (var i = params.length, l = args.length; i < l; i++) {
                      params.push(named_params[args[i]]);
                  }
                  return func.apply(this, params);
              }
           }
           return func.apply(null, arguments);
       };
     };
}());

var myObject = {
    first: "",
    second: "",
    third: ""
};

var foo = parameterfy(function (a, b, c) {
        //console.log('a is ' + a, ' | b is ' + b, ' | c is ' + c);
        myObject.first = a;
        myObject.second = b;
        myObject.third = c;
        console.log("first " + myObject.first + " second " + myObject.second + " third " + myObject.third);
});


foo(1, 2, 3); // gives 1, 2, 3
foo({a: 11, c: 13}); // gives 11, undefined, 13
foo({ a: 11, b:myObject.second, c: 13 });  // in order to avoid undefined, this is 

Note that, in second instance of foo, I got undefined as I didn't pass b so I had to work around using third instance where I passed the current value of b.

Is there anyway to make it so that if I don't have to pass a value, for example, value of b in this case so that it still updates the given values of a and c but retains the value of b?

Answer 1

Something like the below may work:

var foo = parameterfy(function (a, b, c) {
    //console.log('a is ' + a, ' | b is ' + b, ' | c is ' + c);
    if(typeof a != 'undefined'){myObject.first = a;}
    if(typeof b != 'undefined'){myObject.second = b;}
    if(typeof c != 'undefined'){myObject.third = c;}
    console.log("first " + myObject.first + " second " + myObject.second + " third " + myObject.third);
});

Answer 2

Here's the named parameter standard that has been successfully used for years and you should stick with it:

function myFunction(options) {
    console.log(options.first);
    console.log(options.second);
    console.log(options.third);
}

myFunction({
    first: 1,
    second: 2,
    third: 3
});