*args and **kwargs in Python

*args and **kwargs in Python — a practical guide to Python args kwargs with clear examples you can reuse in real projects.

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Short description

`*args` collects extra positional values into a tuple. `**kwargs` collects keyword args into a dict.

Flexible signature

def demo(*args, **kwargs):
    print(args)
    print(kwargs)

demo(1, 2, 3, city='Surat', ok=True)