Aug 31, 2008 · The function recieving the parameters does not have to know that they are being expanded. For example, Python 2's xrange does not explicitly expect *args, but since it takes …

See the Python documentation for an excellent summary; the various other answers to the question make use of most of these variations. Since you always have parameters a, b, c in …

Apr 7, 2017 · Python doesn't know that you are calling the function with the proper types, and expects the programmer to take care of that. If your function will be called with different types …

Jan 9, 2020 · The function parameter syntax (/) is to indicate that some function parameters must be specified positionally and cannot be used as keyword arguments. (This is new in Python …

Is it possible to pass functions with arguments to another function in Python? Say for something like: def perform (function): return function () But the functions to be passed will have argume...

In Python 3 - Yes, you can specify * in the argument list. From docs: Parameters after “*” or “*identifier” are keyword-only parameters and may only be passed used keyword arguments.

520 I'd like to call a function in python using a dictionary with matching key-value pairs for the parameters. Here is some code:

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Given that a function a_method has been defined like def a_method(arg1, arg2): pass Starting from a_method itself, how can I get the argument names - for example, as a tuple of strings, …

Is there an easy way to be inside a python function and get a list of the parameter names? For example: