Title: Unpacking Function Arguments
Slug: unpacking_function_arguments
Summary: Unpacking Function Arguments in Python.
Date: 2016-01-23 12:00
Category: Python
Tags: Basics
Authors: Chris Albon

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Create Argument Objects



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# Create a dictionary of arguments
argument_dict = {'a':'Alpha', 'b':'Bravo'}

# Create a list of arguments
argument_list = ['Alpha', 'Bravo']

Create A Simple Function



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# Create a function that takes two inputs
def simple_function(a, b):
    # and prints them combined
    return a + b

Run the Function With Unpacked Arguments



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# Run the function with the unpacked argument dictionary
simple_function(**argument_dict)









    Out[3]:





'AlphaBravo'



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# Run the function with the unpacked argument list
simple_function(*argument_list)









    Out[4]:





'AlphaBravo'