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named parameters

named parameters is the plural of named parameter.

Meaning of named parameter

Noun

named parameter (plural named parameters)

  1. A parameter that is passed by name, rather than by position, in a function call.
    • In the function call foo(3, 6, type="bar"), type is a named parameter.

Questions about named parameters

What is named parameters the plural of?
Named parameters is the plural of named parameter.

Words near named parameters in the dictionary

  1. named after
  2. named and shamed
  3. named names
  4. named one's poison
  5. named parameter
  6. named parameters
  7. named people
  8. named person
  9. named persons
  10. named pipe
  11. named pipes

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