* Tuple Packing

Description

Packs the consecutive function positional arguments into a tuple.

Syntax

def function(*tuple):

suite

tuple

A tuple object used for storing the passed in arguments. All the arguments can be accessed within the function body the same way as with any other tuple.

Return Value

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Time Complexity

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Remarks

The tuple name *args is used by convention.

Example

>>> def add(*args):
...     total = 0
...     for arg in args:
...         total += arg
...     return total
...
>>> add(1, 2, 3)
6

See also

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