Arbitrary-Args-In-Python

Arbitrary Arguments in Python

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Explanation and Notes

For creating methods and functions with arguments where you might not know how many arguments will be passed in.

Arbitrary arguments are accessible using array syntax (name[0]).

There are also kwargs which are keyed arguments. This gives you the ability to have keys to your argument values.

Code Example

def print_stuff(*args):
	for i in args:
		print(i)

print_stuff([1,2,3])
# => Prints out 1,2,3

def print_names(**kwargs):
	for key, val in kwargs.items():
		print(f'Key: {key}, Val: {val}')

print_names(first="George", last="Offley")
# => prints
# "Key: first, Val: George"
# "Key: last, Val: Offley"

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