Python 3.X using multiple *args for different stuff

Question

I know that *args are used when you dunno how many args are being used inside the function call. However, what do I do when I want one group of *args to do X and one group of *args to do y?

Answer 1

You can not pass two *args within the single function. You need to pass args1 and args2 as plain list and you may pass these lists as args to the functions doing X and Y. For example:

def do_X(*args):
    # Do something

def do_Y(*args):
    # Do some more thing

def my_function(list1, list2):
    do_X(*list1)  # Pass list as `*args` here
    do_Y(*list2)

And your call to my_function would be like:

args_1 = ['x1', 'x2']  # Group of arguments for doing `X`
args_2 = ['y1', 'y2']  # Group of arguments for doing `Y`

# Call your function
my_function(args_1, args_2)