[Tutor] Passing Dictionaries to Functions
If I have a dictionary:
mydict{'var1':a, 'var2':b}
and I want to pass it to a function as:
myfunc(var1=a, var2=b)
How would I do it?
Thanks
Ed
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Re: [Tutor] Passing Dictionaries to Functions
Ed Singleton wrote:
If I have a dictionary:
mydict{'var1':a, 'var2':b}
Presumably you mean
mydict = {'var1':a, 'var2':b}
and I want to pass it to a function as:
myfunc(var1=a, var2=b)
How would I do it?
myfunc(**mydict)
Kent
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Re: [Tutor] Passing Dictionaries to Functions
Thanks again.
This does bring up an issue I occaiosionally have with the documentation.
Presumambly myfunc(**mydict) is a fairly trivial thing, but it is very
hard to find when you don't know what you're looking for. Not sure
what the solution is, but the inability to search for things when you
don't know what they're called is a bit of a stumbling block
sometimes.
Maybe a page that very briefly summarises the 'unsearchable' with
links to fuller descriptions?
Ed
On 15/03/06, Kent Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ed Singleton wrote:
If I have a dictionary:
mydict{'var1':a, 'var2':b}
Presumably you mean
mydict = {'var1':a, 'var2':b}
and I want to pass it to a function as:
myfunc(var1=a, var2=b)
How would I do it?
myfunc(**mydict)
Kent
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Re: [Tutor] Passing Dictionaries to Functions
Ed Singleton wrote: Thanks again. This does bring up an issue I occaiosionally have with the documentation. Presumambly myfunc(**mydict) is a fairly trivial thing, but it is very hard to find when you don't know what you're looking for. Not sure what the solution is, but the inability to search for things when you don't know what they're called is a bit of a stumbling block sometimes. Yes. This syntax is actually hard to find in the docs when you *do* know what you are looking for. The best coverage I could find is in the Language Reference which isn't exactly light reading: http://docs.python.org/ref/calls.html It's also mentioned in the docs for apply(), which is an older way to do the same thing: http://www.python.org/doc/2.4.2/lib/non-essential-built-in-funcs.html Maybe a page that very briefly summarises the 'unsearchable' with links to fuller descriptions? Hmm. Sounds a little tricky to put together... Kent ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
