';
// Default values are permitted.
function nimrod($n, $adj = "red", $v = "carried")
{
echo "The $n $v the $adj truck.
";
}
nimrod('van', 'blue', 'pulled');
nimrod('wagon');
nimrod('ship', 'broken');
print "
\n";
// Return values, too.
function snark($a, $b, $w, $s = ' ')
{
$len = strlen($a) + strlen($b);
$w -= $len;
if($w < 0) $w = 0;
$bl = '';
while($w--) $bl = $bl . $s;
return "$a$bl$b";
}
echo "", snark('Snails', 15.31, 40), "
\n";
echo "", snark('Fuzz', 31, 40, ' '), "
\n";
echo snark('Crud', '(ask)', 40, '.'), "
\n"; cnt_msg(); ?>