Thank you! Wait, though.
How do I do this? def differentnoofvars(*args,**kwargs): ## By the way, is it **kwargs or **kwds? print kwargs another(kwargs) def another(**kwargs): for x,y in kwagrs.items(): print "%s = %s" % (x,y) a = ['a=2','f=3','t=[1,2,3]'] ## A list of kwargs that I want to send individually to differentnoofvars differentnoofvars(a) > > Hey, could you give an example? > > Thanks, > > Jacob > > > > > > > > apply() is deprecated; it has been replaced by 'extended > > call syntax'. > > Instead of > > > apply(fn, args, kwds) > > > you can now write > > > fn(*args, **kwds) > > > > > > Kent > > Here is a quick example I came up with: > > >>> def spam(*args, **kwargs): > ... print "Here are the args you supplied:" > ... for item in args: > ... print item > ... print > ... print "Here are the kwargs you supplied:" > ... for key,value in kwargs.items(): > ... print key, '=', value > ... > >>> spam(1,'a','eggs',s=0, p=1, a=2, m=3) > Here are the args you supplied: > 1 > a > eggs > > Here are the kwargs you supplied: > a = 2 > p = 1 > s = 0 > m = 3 > > In the case of the spam() function, 1, 'a', and 'eggs' are all put into > the sequence args (not sure if it is a list or tuple). The key/value > pairs are bundled into the dictionary kwargs. The arguments have to be > given in the right order though: > > >>> spam(t=1, b=1, 'this', 'will', 'fail') > Traceback (SyntaxError: non-keyword arg after keyword arg > > HTH! > > Christian > http://www.dowski.com > > > > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor