call f(a, *b) with f(*a, **b) ?

[bukzor]

This question seems easy but I can't figure it out.
Lets say there's a function:

def f(a, *args):
print a
for b in args: print b

and elsewhere in your program you have a list and a dict like this:
args = [2, 3]
kwargs = {'a':1}

I'd like to get f() to print something like the following, but I can't
figure out how.
1
2

[inhahe]

"bukzor" <wo**********@gmail.comwrote in message
news:55**********************************@2g2000hs n.googlegroups.com...

This question seems easy but I can't figure it out.
Lets say there's a function:

def f(a, *args):
print a
for b in args: print b

and elsewhere in your program you have a list and a dict like this:
args = [2, 3]
kwargs = {'a':1}

I'd like to get f() to print something like the following, but I can't
figure out how.
1
2

I think there's no 'standard' way to do this. but:

import inspect
f(*map(kwargs.get, inspect.getargspec(f)[0])+args)

i don't know if it works because i'm afraid to try it. if it doesn't the
solution is something similar to that.

[inhahe]

>1

>2

actually, you don't want it to print 3 also? if not, then you would do
f(*map(kwargs.get, inspect.getargspec(f)[0])+args[:1])

import inspect
f(*map(kwargs.get, inspect.getargspec(f)[0])+args)

[bukzor]

On May 22, 5:39*pm, "inhahe" <[e-mail]:

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actually, you don't want it to print 3 also? *if not, then you would do
f(*map(kwargs.get, inspect.getargspec(f)[0])+args[:1])

import inspect
f(*map(kwargs.get, inspect.getargspec(f)[0])+args)

No, that was a typo. Thanks tho.

[bukzor]

On May 22, 5:29*pm, "inhahe" <[e-mail]:

"bukzor" <[e-mail] in message

news:55**********************************@2g2000hs n.googlegroups.com...

This question seems easy but I can't figure it out.
Lets say there's a function:

def f(a, *args):
* *print a
* *for b in args: print b

and elsewhere in your program you have a list and a dict like this:
args = [2, 3]
kwargs = {'a':1}

I'd like to get f() to print something like the following, but I can't
figure out how.
1
2

I think there's no 'standard' way to do this. but:

import inspect
f(*map(kwargs.get, inspect.getargspec(f)[0])+args)

i don't know if it works because i'm afraid to try it. *if it doesn't the
solution is something similar to that.

That does, in fact work. Thanks! I'm a little sad that there's no
builtin way to do it, owell.

>>def f(a, *args):

... print a
... for b in args: print b
...

>>import inspect
a = [2,3]
b = {'a':1}
inspect.getargspec(f)

(['a'], 'args', None, None)

>>map(b.get, inspect.getargspec(f)[0])

[1]

>>map(b.get, inspect.getargspec(f)[0]) + a

[1, 2, 3]

>>f(*map(b.get, inspect.getargspec(f)[0]) + a)

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2
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[Nick Craig-Wood]

bukzor <wo**********@gmail.comwrote:

That does, in fact work. Thanks! I'm a little sad that there's no
builtin way to do it, owell.

>def f(a, *args):

... print a
... for b in args: print b
...

>import inspect
a = [2,3]
b = {'a':1}
inspect.getargspec(f)

(['a'], 'args', None, None)

>map(b.get, inspect.getargspec(f)[0])

[1]

>map(b.get, inspect.getargspec(f)[0]) + a

[1, 2, 3]

>f(*map(b.get, inspect.getargspec(f)[0]) + a)

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2
3

If I saw that in my code I'd be wanting to get rid of it as soon as
possible!

I'd re-write f() to have all named arguments then the problem becomes
easy and the answer pythonic (simple dictionary manipulation)...

So instead of f(a, *args) have f(a, list_of_args).

The f(*args) syntax is tempting to use for a function which takes a
variable number of arguments, but I usually find myself re-writing it
to take a list because of exactly these sort of problems. In fact I'd
be as bold to say that f(*args) is slightly un-pythonic and you should
avoid as a user interface. It does have its uses when writing
polymorphic code though.

--
Nick Craig-Wood <ni**@craig-wood.com-- http://www.craig-wood.com/nick