How to expand a list to function arguments in Python

Question

Is there syntax that allows you to expand a list into the arguments of a function call   Example     Trivial example function  not meant to do anything useful  def foo x y z      return   d   d   d    x y z     List of values that I want to pass into foo  values    1 2 3     I want to do something like this  and get the result  1  2  3   foo  values howDoYouExpandMe

User · Accepted Answer

It exists  but it s hard to search for  I think most people call it the  splat  operator   It s in the documentation as  Unpacking argument lists    You d use it like this  foo  values   There s also one for dictionaries   d     a   1   b   2  def foo a  b       pass foo   d

User · Answer

You should use the   operator  like foo  values  Read the Python doc unpackaging argument lists   Also  do read this  http   www saltycrane com blog 2008 01 how-to-use-args-and-kwargs-in-python   def foo x y z      return   d   d   d     x y z   values    1 2 3     the solution  foo  values

User · Answer

That can be done with   foo  values

User · Answer

Try the following   foo  values    This can be found in the Python docs as Unpacking Argument Lists

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