**kw,**args what are these things ?

[fowlertrainer]

Hello !

I see these things in many sources, under wxPy:

def __init__(self,p arams,**kw,**ar gs)

What are these parameters, and what's the meaning of the double * ?

Thanx for any info.

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[Aahz]

In article <ma************ *************** ************@py thon.org>,
<fo***********@ anonym.hu> wrote:

I see these things in many sources, under wxPy:

def __init__(self,p arams,**kw,**ar gs)

What are these parameters, and what's the meaning of the double * ?

First of all, when asking questions like this, please make sure to
cut'n'paste the text; I'm certain that isn't the code you were reading.

Second, read the docs. Start with the tutorial section on functions:
http://www.python.org/doc/current/tut/node6.html
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[Nuff Said]

On Wed, 04 Feb 2004 10:59:13 +0100, fowlertrainer wrote:

I see these things in many sources, under wxPy:

def __init__(self,p arams,**kw,**ar gs)

What are these parameters, and what's the meaning of the double * ?

Python functions can have positional arguments and keyword arguments;
if the *last* argument of a function begins with **, all extra keyword
arguments (i.e. those which do not match any of the parameter names of
the function) are put in a dictionary.

(The single * is used for passing a variable number of arguments.)

You will thus often see function definitions like the following:

def f(x, y, *args, **kw):
# the dictionary is kw

The following example should make this a little bit clearer:

def f(x, y, *args, **kw):
print x, y,

for i in args:
print i,

for k, v in kw.iteritems():
print k, v,

f(1, 2, 3, 4, five=5, six=6)

The output of this example is:

1 2 3 4 six 6 five 5

(Observe that dictionaries are not sorted!)

Remark: in your example, the ** is used two times; that is not
allowed (and does not make sense).

HTH / Nuff

[Miki Tebeka]

Hello,

I see these things in many sources, under wxPy:

def __init__(self,p arams,**kw,**ar gs)

What are these parameters, and what's the meaning of the double * ?

Try the tutorial. (Hint 4.7.2 Keyword Arguments and 4.7.3 Arbitrary Argument Lists).

HTH.
Miki