Program.cs

using System;

// Ref: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/classes-and-structs/named-and-optional-arguments#optional-arguments
namespace OptionalArguments
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Instance anExample does not send an argument for the constructor's
            // optional parameter.
            ExampleClass anExample = new ExampleClass();
            anExample.ExampleMethod(1, "One", 1);
            anExample.ExampleMethod(2, "Two");
            anExample.ExampleMethod(3);

            // Instance anotherExample sends an argument for the constructor's
            // optional parameter.
            ExampleClass anotherExample = new ExampleClass("Provided name");
            anotherExample.ExampleMethod(1, "One", 1);
            anotherExample.ExampleMethod(2, "Two");
            anotherExample.ExampleMethod(3);

            // The following statements produce compiler errors.

            // An argument must be supplied for the first parameter, and it
            // must be an integer.
            //anExample.ExampleMethod("One", 1);
            //anExample.ExampleMethod();

            // You cannot leave a gap in the provided arguments.
            //anExample.ExampleMethod(3, ,4);
            //anExample.ExampleMethod(3, 4);

            // You can use a named parameter to make the previous
            // statement work.
            anExample.ExampleMethod(3, optionalint: 4);
        }
    }

    class ExampleClass
    {
        private string _name;

        // Because the parameter for the constructor, name, has a default
        // value assigned to it, it is optional.
        public ExampleClass(string name = "Default name")
        {
            _name = name;
        }

        // The first parameter, required, has no default value assigned
        // to it. Therefore, it is not optional. Both optionalstr and
        // optionalint have default values assigned to them. They are optional.
        public void ExampleMethod(int required, string optionalstr = "default string",
            int optionalint = 10)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(
                $"{_name}: {required}, {optionalstr}, and {optionalint}.");
        }
    }

    // The output from this example is the following:
    // Default name: 1, One, and 1.
    // Default name: 2, Two, and 10.
    // Default name: 3, default string, and 10.
    // Provided name: 1, One, and 1.
    // Provided name: 2, Two, and 10.
    // Provided name: 3, default string, and 10.
    // Default name: 3, default string, and 4.
}