I am a newbie but think its for variable input. Allows you to enter any number 
with commas in it and still work properly. Since it thinks the number is a 
tuple, then depending on the number your tuple could vary in length.

Eric Walker

Dick Moores <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: At 06:58 PM 8/15/2007, John Fouhy wrote:
>You could do this:
>
> >>> def decomma(*t):
>...  return int(''.join(str(i) for i in t))

What's that asterisk doing in decomma(*t)? Where do I go in the docs 
to look it up?

Thanks,

Dick


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