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Python makes a convenient way to unpack arguments into functions using an asterisk, as explained in https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/controlflow.html#unpacking-argument-lists
>>> list(range(3, 6)) # normal call with separate arguments
[3, 4, 5]
>>> args = [3, 6]
>>> list(range(*args)) # call with arguments unpacked from a list
[3, 4, 5]
In my code, I'm calling a function like this:
def func(*args):
for arg in args:
print(arg)
In Python 3, I call it like this:
a = [1, 2, 3]
b = [4, 5, 6]
c = [7, 8, 9]
func(*a, *b, *c)
Which outputs
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
In Python 2, however, I encounter an exception:
>>> func(*a, *b, *c)
File "<stdin>", line 1
func(*a, *b, *c)
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>>>
It seems like Python 2 can't handle unpacking multiple lists. Is there a better and cleaner way to do this than
func(a[0], a[1], a[2], b[0], b[1], b[2], ...)
My first thought was I could concatenate the lists into one list and unpack it, but I was wondering if there was a better solution (or something that I don't understand).
d = a + b + c
func(*d)
from Unpacking multiple lists and dictionaries as function arguments in Python 2
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