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In Mathematica 5.x days many packages used the following standard mechanism to read option values

Options[myfun]={myQuiet->True};

myfun[arg_,opts___?OptionQ]:=Module[{theQuiet},
theQuiet=((myQuiet/.{opts})/.Options[myfun,myQuiet]);
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However it does not cover passing values of more complex options like myMethod->{"TensorProduct", myOrdering->1,myStart->someValue}

Sure I can use First/Rest commands to read values of myMethod suboptions, however, I would like to know what is the standard/recommended way to deal with suboptions and how to set their default values.

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    $\begingroup$ Have you seen Dealing with nested options? $\endgroup$ – jkuczm Feb 5 '16 at 15:05
  • $\begingroup$ Thanks, I didn't seen beforer, however it is not about the same think I want. My wish to learn how for example NDSolve[system, Method -> {"ExplicitRungeKutta", "DifferenceOrder" -> 5, "Coefficients" -> DOPRICoefficients}]; options are passed. $\endgroup$ – user18792 Feb 8 '16 at 7:32

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