*args: Used when not sure the number of arguments to be passed to a function. e.g. to pass a stored list or tuple of arguments
def show_args(*args): for arg in args: print (arg) show_args('Hello', 'World', 'Python')
Output:
Hello World Python
**kwargs: Used when not sure the number of keyword arguments to be passed to a function. e.g. to pass the values of a dictionary as keyword arguments
def show_kwargs(**kwargs): for key, value in kwargs.items(): print (f"{key}: {value}") show_kwargs(first='1', second='2', third='3')
Output:
first: 1 second: 2 third: 3
Enjoy Python!