21.4.2021
Default Values in JavaScript?
The following function calculates a total price of an item. This should include taxes and also use defaults if some of the inputs are missing. What is the problem?
function calculatePrice(price, tax, description) {
tax = tax || 0.05
description = description || "Default item"
const total = price * (1 + tax)
console.log(`${description} for $${total}`)
}
calculatePrice(100, 0.07, "Shirt")
calculatePrice(100, 0, "Sneakers")
calculatePrice(100, undefined, "")Result
Shirt for $107
Sneakers for $105
Default item for $105But as the 0 tax for Sneakers is interpreted as false we get an incorrect price. Solution is to use the Nullish Coalescing Operator
function calculatePrice(price, tax, description) {
tax = tax ?? 0.05
description = description ?? "Default item"
const total = price * (1 + tax)
console.log(`${description} for $${total}`)
}
calculatePrice(100, 0.07, "Shirt")
calculatePrice(100, 0, "Sneakers")
calculatePrice(100, undefined, "")Shirt for $107
Sneakers for $100
for $105
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