如果需要插入一个NULL，那么可能会遇到一些问题。除此之外，不，我认为你可能走上了正确的轨道。

有些人选择的另一种方法是使用一个变量的assoc数组在参数列表中迭代。它看起来有点整洁，但我想它有点（非常少）更需要处理/内存。

function myFunction (argArray) {
    var defaults = {
        'arg1'  :   "value 1",
        'arg2'  :   "value 2",
        'arg3'  :   "value 3",
        'arg4'  :   "value 4"
    }

    for(var i in defaults) 
        if(typeof argArray[i] == "undefined") 
               argArray[i] = defaults[i];

    // ...
}

在一个项目中，我注意到我对可选参数和设置重复了太多，所以我创建了一个类来处理类型检查并分配一个默认值，从而生成整洁可读的代码。看看示例，让我知道这是否适用于您。

var myCar           = new Car('VW', {gearbox:'automatic', options:['radio', 'airbags 2x']});
var myOtherCar      = new Car('Toyota');

function Car(brand, settings) {
    this.brand      = brand;

    // readable and adjustable code
    settings        = DefaultValue.object(settings, {});
    this.wheels     = DefaultValue.number(settings.wheels, 4);
    this.hasBreaks  = DefaultValue.bool(settings.hasBreaks, true);
    this.gearbox    = DefaultValue.string(settings.gearbox, 'manual');
    this.options    = DefaultValue.array(settings.options, []);

    // instead of doing this the hard way
    settings        = settings || {};
    this.wheels     = (!isNaN(settings.wheels)) ? settings.wheels : 4;
    this.hasBreaks  = (typeof settings.hasBreaks !== 'undefined') ? (settings.hasBreaks === true) : true;
    this.gearbox    = (typeof settings.gearbox === 'string') ? settings.gearbox : 'manual';
    this.options    = (typeof settings.options !== 'undefined' && Array.isArray(settings.options)) ? settings.options : [];
}

使用此类：

(function(ns) {

    var DefaultValue = {

        object: function(input, defaultValue) {
            if (typeof defaultValue !== 'object') throw new Error('invalid defaultValue type');
            return (typeof input !== 'undefined') ? input : defaultValue;
        },

        bool: function(input, defaultValue) {
            if (typeof defaultValue !== 'boolean') throw new Error('invalid defaultValue type');
            return (typeof input !== 'undefined') ? (input === true) : defaultValue;
        },

        number: function(input, defaultValue) {
            if (isNaN(defaultValue)) throw new Error('invalid defaultValue type');
            return (typeof input !== 'undefined' && !isNaN(input)) ? parseFloat(input) : defaultValue;
        },

        // wrap the input in an array if it is not undefined and not an array, for your convenience
        array: function(input, defaultValue) {
            if (typeof defaultValue === 'undefined') throw new Error('invalid defaultValue type');
            return (typeof input !== 'undefined') ? (Array.isArray(input) ? input : [input]) : defaultValue;
        },

        string: function(input, defaultValue) {
            if (typeof defaultValue !== 'string') throw new Error('invalid defaultValue type');
            return (typeof input === 'string') ? input : defaultValue;
        },

    };

    ns.DefaultValue = DefaultValue;

}(this));

function Default(variable, new_value)
{
    if(new_value === undefined) { return (variable === undefined) ? null : variable; }
    return (variable === undefined) ? new_value : variable;
}

var a = 2, b = "hello", c = true, d;

var test = Default(a, 0),
test2 = Default(b, "Hi"),
test3 = Default(c, false),
test4 = Default(d, "Hello world");

window.alert(test + "\n" + test2 + "\n" + test3 + "\n" + test4);

http://jsfiddle.net/mq60hqrf/

如果您正在使用Undercore库（您应该这样做，这是一个很棒的库）：

_.defaults(optionalArg, 'defaultValue');

这就是我的结局：

function WhoLikesCake(options) {
  options = options || {};
  var defaultOptions = {
    a : options.a || "Huh?",
    b : options.b || "I don't like cake."
  }
  console.log('a: ' + defaultOptions.b + ' - b: ' + defaultOptions.b);

  // Do more stuff here ...
}

这样调用：

WhoLikesCake({ b : "I do" });

我尝试了这里提到的一些选项，并对它们进行了性能测试。此时此刻，逻辑学家似乎是最快的。尽管这会随着时间的推移而改变（不同的JavaScript引擎版本）。

以下是我的结果（Microsoft Edge 20.10240.16384.0）：

Function executed            Operations/sec     Statistics
TypeofFunction('test');          92,169,505     ±1.55%   9% slower
SwitchFuntion('test');            2,904,685     ±2.91%  97% slower
ObjectFunction({param1: 'test'});   924,753     ±1.71%  99% slower
LogicalOrFunction('test');      101,205,173     ±0.92%     fastest
TypeofFunction2('test');         35,636,836     ±0.59%  65% slower

此性能测试可在以下位置轻松复制：http://jsperf.com/optional-parameters-typeof-vs-switch/2

这是测试代码：

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
    Benchmark.prototype.setup = function() {
        function TypeofFunction(param1, optParam1, optParam2, optParam3) {
            optParam1 = (typeof optParam1 === "undefined") ? "Some default" : optParam1;
            optParam2 = (typeof optParam2 === "undefined") ? "Another default" : optParam2;
            optParam3 = (typeof optParam3 === "undefined") ? "Some other default" : optParam3;
        }

        function TypeofFunction2(param1, optParam1, optParam2, optParam3) {
            optParam1 = defaultValue(optParam1, "Some default");
            optParam2 = defaultValue(optParam2, "Another default");
            optParam3 = defaultValue(optParam3, "Some other default");
        }

        function defaultValue(variable, defaultValue) {
            return (typeof variable !== 'undefined') ? (variable) : (defaultValue);
        }

        function SwitchFuntion(param1, optParam1, optParam2, optParam3) {
            switch (arguments.length - 1) { // <-- 1 is number of required arguments
                case 0:
                    optParam1 = 'Some default';
                case 1:
                    optParam2 = 'Another default';
                case 2:
                    optParam3 = 'Some other default';
            }
        }

        function ObjectFunction(args) {
            var defaults = {
                optParam1: 'Some default',
                optParam2: 'Another default',
                optParam3: 'Some other default'
            }
            args = $.extend({}, defaults, args);
        }

        function LogicalOrFunction(param1, optParam1, optParam2, optParam3) {
            optParam1 || (optParam1 = 'Some default');
            optParam2 || (optParam1 = 'Another default');
            optParam3 || (optParam1 = 'Some other default');
        }
    };
</script>