argument-unpacking Questions

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I want to define a concept in C++ (<= C++20) to check if a type matches any of the types define in a type-list struct. The following is my attempt so far: template<typename... Types> struc...

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In code like zip(*x) or f(**k), what do the * and ** respectively mean? How does Python implement that behaviour, and what are the performance implications? See also: Expanding tuples into argumen...

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What do *args and **kwargs mean in these function definitions? def foo(x, y, *args): pass def bar(x, y, **kwargs): pass See What do ** (double star/asterisk) and * (star/asterisk) mean in a fu...

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I have two vectors: std::vector<int> v1{ 1, 2, 3 }; std::vector<int> v2{ 4, 5, 6 }; I want to create an object of std::initializer_list which holds iterators to the first and last elem...

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I've been looking at passing arrays, or lists, as Python tends to call them, into a function. I read something about using *args, such as: def someFunc(*args) for x in args print x But not su...
Godinez asked 18/10, 2010 at 16:8

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Without subclassing dict, what would a class need to be considered a mapping so that it can be passed to a method with **. from abc import ABCMeta class uobj: __metaclass__ = ABCMeta uobj.regis...
Morrell asked 22/12, 2011 at 8:39

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I'd like to make a class that unpacks it's objects like a dictionary. For example, with a dictionary you can do this foo = { "a" : 1 "b" : 2 } def bar(a,b): return a +...
Koon asked 16/2, 2022 at 16:14

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I know that the asterisk is used to unpack values like system args or when you unpack lists into variables. But I have not seen this syntax here before in this example of asyncio. I was reading thi...

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The error message is: FATAL ERROR Uncaught Error: Cannot unpack array with string keys I know I can simply run the method fetch() twice and pass the ['q'] and ['bind'], but I am trying to get to ...
Theona asked 17/11, 2016 at 19:42

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I get an error type object argument after ** must be a mapping, not tuple. I have this code: create_character = player.Create(**generate_player.generate()) this is player.py module: class Create...
Ludwig asked 11/4, 2014 at 10:18

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Consider the following expressions. Note that some expressions are repeated to present the "context". (this is a long list) a, b = 1, 2 # simple sequence assignment a, b = ['green', 'blue...

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Example use: def f(a, b, c, d): print(a, b, c, d, sep = '&') f(1,2,3,4) >>> 1&2&3&4 f(*[1, 2, 3, 4]) >>> 1&2&3&4 Where in the python documentation...
Implead asked 23/9, 2012 at 19:38

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In C++, if a function returns a std::pair<int, int>, we can auto-receive it as follows: auto pr = some_function(); std::cout << pr.first << ' ' << pr.second; Now, C++17 s...
Beora asked 7/5, 2020 at 15:28

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As of PHP7.4, there is a newly available technique to re-index an array with numeric keys. I'll call it "array re-packing" or maybe something fun like "splatpacking". The simple process involves u...
Sanative asked 30/8, 2019 at 11:21

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I have a function definition as below and I am passing keyword arguments. How do I get to return a dictionary with the same name as the keyword arguments? Manually I can do: def generate_student_...
Bunnybunow asked 4/2, 2016 at 10:0

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Consider a function defined as: def fun(a, *args): print(type(args), args) When called, it packs the extra positional arguments as a tuple. >>> fun(2, 3, 4) <class 'tuple'> (3, ...
Daughterinlaw asked 16/12, 2019 at 15:50

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def fun(a, b, c, d): print('a:', a, 'b:', b, 'c:', c, 'd:', d) why this one works fun(3, 7, d=10, *(23,)) and prints out: a: 3 b: 7 c: 23 d: 10 while this fun(3, 7, c=10, *(23,)) does n...
Continuance asked 20/11, 2019 at 19:11

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So in Python and Ruby there is the splat operator (*) for unpacking an array as arguments. In Javascript there is the .apply() function. Is there a way of unpacking an array/slice as function argum...
Kalila asked 9/7, 2013 at 18:45

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If I have a NumPy array, for example 5x3, is there a way to unpack it column by column all at once to pass to a function rather than like this: my_func(arr[:, 0], arr[:, 1], arr[:, 2])? Kind of l...
Moravia asked 20/11, 2014 at 18:7

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In Python, by convention, the underscore (_) is often used to throw away parts of an unpacked tuple, like so >>> tup = (1,2,3) >>> meaningfulVariableName,_,_ = tup >>> m...
Inhumation asked 4/12, 2017 at 21:51

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Given a flat list of simple dictionaries lst = [{'key1': 1}, {'key2': 2}, {'key3': 3}] I'd like to find the dict that yields the minimum value evaluated using a method not detailed here. My firs...
Cwmbran asked 21/9, 2017 at 13:53

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The unpacking/splat operators * and ** differ widely in their applicability across python versions (2.7, 3.x < 3.5 and 3.x >= 3.5). For example: | 2.7 | 3.1-3.4 | 3.5 -----------------------...

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I am trying in python to unpack some dict into some function: I have a function that get packet as parameter (that should be dict) def queue(self, packet): self.topic.publish(self.message, self....

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I know what the meaning of an asterisk is in a function definition in Python. I often, though, see asterisks for calls to functions with parameters like: def foo(*args, **kwargs): first_func(arg...
Gamin asked 3/7, 2015 at 2:37

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I have data like data = [[t1, t2, ...], [v1, v2, ...]]. I want to wrap this in a class so I can call data.t instead of having to use data[0]. I tried to do this with the following: class Variable...
Fahland asked 25/10, 2016 at 14:20

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