"Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" <shalehperry at attbi.com> wrote in news:mailman.1009170148.18924.python-list at python.org: ... And with variable number of named arguments... >>> def f(**kargs) : ... print kargs ... >>> f(a=3,b=4,s="Coucou") {'b': 4, 's': 'Coucou', 'a': 3} A+ Laurent.