Is there a clever way to pass arguments

[bruceg113355 at gmail.com]

On Wednesday, August 8, 2012 9:07:04 PM UTC-4, Dave Angel wrote:
> On 08/08/2012 08:41 PM, bruceg113355 at gmail.com wrote:
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> > Is there a way in Python to pass arguments without listing each argument?
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> > For example, my program does the following:
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> >
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> >     testData (z[0], z[1], z[2], z[3], z[4], z[5], z[6], z[7])
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> >
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> > Is there a clever way to pass arguments in a single statement knowing that each argument is a sequential index from a list?
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> > I cannot change the function definition.
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> >
> 
> > Thanks,
> 
> > Bruce
> 
> If a function is expecting exactly 8 arguments, and z is a list of
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> length 8, you can call the function like:
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>      testData(*z)
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> if z is longer, then you'd need something like (untested)
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>     testData(*z[:8])
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> 
> The * basically turns a list into separate arguments, and these are then
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> applied to the formal parameters.
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> -- 
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> 
> 
> DaveA








Dave, your solution works!

def testData (z0, z1, z2, z3, z4, z5, z6, z7):
    print (z0, z1, z2, z3, z4, z5, z6, z7)
    
z = []
z.append(0)
z.append(1)
z.append(2)
z.append(3)
z.append(4)
z.append(5)
z.append(6)
z.append(7)

testData(*z[:8])

Thank you,
Bruce