Putting *args and/or **kwargs as the last items in your function definition’s argument list allows that function to accept an arbitrary number of arguments and/or keyword arguments.

Feb 12, 2017 · What is the meaning of "...args" (three dots) in a function definition? Asked 8 years, 9 months ago Modified 3 years ago Viewed 120k times

The names *args and **kwargs are only by convention but there's no hard requirement to use them. You would use *args when you're not sure how many arguments might be passed to your function, i.e. it …

May 21, 2009 · The String[] args parameter is an array of Strings passed as parameters when you are running your application through command line in the OS. So, imagine you have compiled and …

May 4, 2016 · I'm trying out Python's type annotations with abstract base classes to write some interfaces. Is there a way to annotate the possible types of *args and **kwargs? For example, how …

You should use *args when it's easier to read than a list of argument (def foo(a,b,c,d,e...)) and does not make harder to know which argument is used for what. Your example is the perfect example of a …

Aug 31, 2008 · See What do ** (double star/asterisk) and * (star/asterisk) mean in a function call? for the complementary question about arguments.

Aug 1, 2019 · What I think using *args would often do is to cause additional bugs in the program because the argument length only needs to be longer than the mandatory argument length.

Go to Project-><Projectname> Properties. Then, click on the Debug tab. Then: If you're using Visual Studio 2022 Continue by clicking Open debug launch profiles UI. Fill in your arguments in the textbox …

I'm using Visual Studio Code with the inbuilt Debugger in order to debug a Python script. Following this guide, I set up the argument in the launch.json file: But when I press on Debug, it says th...