f := proc(a, {b:= 1, c:= 1}) print (a*(c+b)); end proc: #a is a mandatory positional parameter, b and c are optional named parameters f(1);#you must have a value for a for the procedure to work 2 f(1, c = 1, b = 2); 3 f(2, b = 5, c = 3);#b and c can be put in any order 16