On Fri, 09 Nov 2012 20:05:26 -0500, Roy Smith wrote: > In article <18134e77-9b02-4aec-afb0-794ed900d...@googlegroups.com>, > bruceg113...@gmail.com wrote: > >> Is there a simpler way to modify all arguments in a function before >> using the arguments? >> >> For example, can the below code, in the modify arguments section be >> made into a few statements? >> >> def someComputation (aa, bb, cc, dd, ee, ff, gg, hh): >> # modify arguments >> # ---------------------- >> aa = aa.replace (³_² , ³²) >> bb= bb.replace (³_² , ³²) >> cc = cc.replace (³_² , ³²) >> dd = dd.replace (³_² , ³²) >> ee = ee.replace (³_² , ³²) >> ff = ff.replace (³_² , ³²) >> gg = gg.replace (³_² , ³²) >> hh = hh.replace (³_² , ³²) >> >> # use the arguments >> # ----------------- >> # > > You could do something like (not error checked)... > > def someComputation(*args): > new_args = [arg.replace("_", "") for arg in args] aa, bb, cc, dd, > ee, ff, gg, hh = new_args > > but that's pretty weird. I suspect you just want to pass a list instead > of a bunch of discrete arguments.
I agree with everything you say except that it is pretty weird. As far as I am concerned, it isn't weird at all. If you need named parameters: def someComputation(aa, bb, cc, dd, ee, ff, gg, hh): aa, bb, cc, dd, ee, ff, gg, hh = [arg.replace("_", "") for arg in (aa. bb, cc, dd, ee, ff, gg, hh)] ... -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list