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default value for optional field - arktype
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Romain Lanz 🦊
default value for optional field
Hey
! I have a question about handling optional fields with defaults
.
I want to define a type where a property is optional in the input
, but its value should never be undefined
.
If the field is missing entirely
, I want to transform the input so that the field is present in the result with a default value
.
Using
pipe()
pipe()
seems to only work when the property is defined
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