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

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title: Default values
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We can easily specify default values for props in `Nested.svelte`:

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

If we now add a second component _without_ an `answer` prop, it will fall back to the default:

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