Outside of beings incredibly fun to say, Kwargs and Args can be pretty useful.

Here is how they work. Let us say you wanted to make a function that adds 4 numbers:

Notice what happens when we only provide 3 arguments, we error out. The same thing happens if we try to give the function 5 arguments.

Well, if the world perfectly predictable, this wouldn’t be an issue. But in the real world, making a function that adds 4 and only 4 numbers isn’t very useful. A function that can add any given set of numbers however is very useful.

*args

*args to the rescue

Using the keyword *args inside the function parenthesis gives you the flexibility of having as many, or as few arguments as you want.

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**kwargs

Kwargs are basically args with keywords. Think dictionaries.

You can combine regular arguments with *args and **kwargs

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