Function Flexibility

Look at the print function's argument list.

print(*objects, sep=' ', end='\n', file=sys.stdout, flush=False)

You will notice two things. One is that there is a * in front of the first argument. Following that, you will see several keyword arguments with default values. Immedately, you might ask two questions.

• What does the * mean in front of objects?
• Can I make functions with keywords arguments

We will address these two items today.

Keyword Arguments

Starguments

ORDER!!!

Arguments must occur in this order. Failure to honor this convention is fatal.

• positional
• ONE stargument
• keyword arguments(s)