svelte/site/content/tutorial/03-props/02-default-values/text.md

---
title: Default values
---

We can easily specify default values for props:

```html
<script>
	export let answer = 'a mystery';
</script>
```

If we now instantiate the component without an `answer` prop, it will fall back to the default:

```html
<Nested answer={42}/>
<Nested/>
```