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### 11.4 Ignoring Arguments

In the formal argument list, it is possible to use the dummy placeholder `~` instead of a name. This indicates that the corresponding argument value should be ignored and not stored to any variable.

         function val = pick2nd (~, arg2)
           val = arg2;
         endfunction

The value of `nargin` is not affected by using this declaration.