2007/1/26, shawn bright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
lo there all,
if i have a function that sometimes needs a value passed to it and
sometimes not, is this where i use *args ?
No. *args is used if there are arguments that could occur more than once.
like this
def some_function(req_var, req_var2, un_req_var):
do some stuff
return value
how would i use this if sometimes i need to process un_req_var and
sometimes not ?
Use:
def some_function(req_var, req_var2, un_req_var = None):
do some stuff
return value
Now, the function can be called both with and without un_req_var, and if it
is called without un_req_var, within the function body un_req_var is
considered to be None.
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Andre Engels, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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