python oop kwargs tutorial code example

Example 1: variable number of arguments to python class

def multiply(*args):
    z = 1
    for num in args:
        z *= num
    print(z)

multiply(4, 5)
multiply(10, 9)
multiply(2, 3, 4)
multiply(3, 5, 10, 6)

Example 2: python *args to dict

def func(arg1, arg2, arg3=3, arg4=4):
    print(locals())

func(1, 2)

# {'arg3': 3, 'arg4': 4, 'arg1': 1, 'arg2': 2}