python arguments list code example

Example 1: python list arguments of function

def my_function(food):
  for x in food:
    
  print(x)

fruits = ["apple", "banana", "cherry"]


  my_function(fruits)

Example 2: how to take list as command line arguments in python

>>> input = "[2,3,4,5]"
>>> map(float, input.strip('[]').split(','))
[2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0]
>>> A = map(float, input.strip('[]').split(','))
>>> print(A, type(A))
([2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0], <type 'list'>)