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.

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 …

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 …

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

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 …

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, …

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

Update: I just realized I never answered the question "What does “String [] args” contain in java?" :-) It's an array of the command-line arguments provided to the program, each argument being …

Apr 8, 2015 · Is there a difference between String[] args and String[] arg? My assignment is to misspell certain things in a HelloWorld program. When I misspelled args as arg in: public class …

0 String args [] and String [] args are identical. In the sense that they do the same thing, Creating a string array called args. But to avoid confusion and enforce compatibility with all other Java …