As per our discussion at Verisys - Passing multiple arguments using a hash rather than listing them all out,

coming_soon_multiple_args_kwargs.rb

# Coming soon to a ruby script near you!

multiple_args_no_kwargs.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

def get_word_count(string, n, opts={})
  if string
   puts "string received: #{string}"
  end
  if n
    puts "n param received: #{n}"
  end
  if opts
    pp "opts params that were received: #{opts}"
  end
  if opts[:top_word_count]
    puts "opts[:top_word_count] is #{opts[:top_word_count]}"
  end
end

get_word_count("This is a string that will be parse", 5, top_word_count: 5)

passing_multiple_args_ruby.rb

# Here is a link to a stack overflow method that I was attempting to use since I am not familiar with Keyword Arguments 
# (kwargs). I actually almost have my personal website (https://www.chasejensen.com - not up yet) done and and going to
# be blogging actively. I think going to this in depth is going to be one of my first blog posts. For now, this stack
# overflow answer shows what I was initially reaching for when asked about passing multiple args properl

# https://stackoverflow.com/a/1935679

# And here is the Keyword Arguments (kwargs) you were mentioning! Sweet!
# # These are two great posts about this topic and both define kwargs in depth, I am going to be exploring this further!
# https://www.justinweiss.com/articles/fun-with-keyword-arguments/
# https://robots.thoughtbot.com/ruby-2-keyword-arguments

# # # 
# Demonstration of using default hash value as last argument
def get_word_count(string, n, opts={})
  if string
   puts "string received: #{string}"
  end
  if n
    puts "n param received: #{n}"
  end
  if opts
    pp "opts params that were received: #{opts}"
  end
  if opts[:top_word_count]
    puts "opts[:top_word_count] is #{opts[:top_word_count]}"
  end
end

get_word_count("This is a string that will be parse", 5, top_word_count: 5)