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28 lines
747 B
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# Representing a variable-length argument list
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# Think of 'args' as a tuple of positional arguments
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def add(*args):
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return sum(args)
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# This function works with any number of positional arguments
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add(1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
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# 15
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# You can also use the '*' operator to 'explode' a list of arguments
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numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
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add(*numbers) # unpacks the list into an argument list for the function
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# 15
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# Now we have args (one '*') and kwargs (two '*'s)
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# args is a tuple just like before, kwargs is a dictionary of the provided
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# keyword arguments
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def dump_it(*args, **kwargs):
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print(args)
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print(kwargs)
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# Any number of positional arguments or keyword arguments will work here
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dump_it(1, 2, 3, color='blue')
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# (1, 2, 3)
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# {'color': 'blue'}
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