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Is it possible to write a subroutine or a function with optional arguments?

for example:
MyFunct (x AS INTEGER, [y AS INTEGER, Z AS INTEGER])
so that I can use the function with only the first argument and sometimes with all arguments, in the same program, like the following for example ...

so far I have concluded that the "WINDOW" command can either be used differently on Mac or it is just a user-defined function.. because the statement is used differently throughout the program.. for example, in the first picture in first row you can see only "WINDOW 1" and in the 6th row there is ...

I found this old book from the 80's and in the appendix there are some QuickBasic programs that I want to try out.. the problem is that those were written on and for Apple Macintosh II and I now use Linux PC with DosBox.. The author of the book says that there are some differences in the graphics ...