Python · Functions

*args / **kwargs

Collects extra positional arguments into a tuple and extra keyword arguments into a dictionary.

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Syntax

def f(*args, **kwargs):

Example

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def card(*tags, **fields):
    return list(tags), fields
print(card("css", "html", level=2))

The names args and kwargs are conventions; the star is what matters.

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