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The _ is used to define that the parameter is not named

If you have multiple _ it states that you do not need to name the parameters in your function call

func myFunc(name:String, _ age:String){

}

myFunc(“Milo", "I'm a really old wizard")

If you do not use the underscore you would use

myFunc(“Milo”, age: "I'm a really old wizard")

The _ is not necessary in function calls. It is just used to indicate that something does not to have a name.

In regards to how you would refer to your function, You would not have to pass any name for the function call.

But since you also don’t define a parameter type this seems to me like a invalid example (it at least doesn’t work in xCode 7 with swift 2.0)

Edit:

Since swift 3.0

myFunc(name: “Milo”, age: "I'm a really old wizard")

Should be used

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