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'*' and '**' Operators
The single star * unpacks the sequence/collection into positional arguments, so you can do this:
def sum(a, b):
return a + b
values = (1, 2)
s = sum(*values)This will unpack the tuple so that it actually executes as:
s = sum(1, 2)The double star ** does the same, only using a dictionary and thus named arguments:
values = { 'a': 1, 'b': 2 }
s = sum(**values)You can also combine:
def sum(a, b, c, d):
return a + b + c + d
values1 = (1, 2)
values2 = { 'c': 10, 'd': 15 }
s = sum(*values1, **values2)will execute as:
Additionally you can define functions to take *x and **y arguments, this allows a function to accept any number of positional and/or named arguments that aren't specifically named in the declaration.
Example:
or with **:
this can allow you to specify a large number of optional parameters without having to declare them.
And again, you can combine:
Yield and Generators
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