function with variable number of arguments

[Joachim Kaeber]

Hi,

l.a.apiolaza at massey.ac.nz wrote:

> I want to write a function that takes a bunch of  'n' matrices (defined
> using array from NumPy) and processes them further. Question: how do I
> write a function with a variable number 'n' of arguments and then get
> the number of arguments? I think I can put all the matrices together in
> a list and then pass the list as argument, but is there another more
> efficient/elegant way of doing it?

What about:

>>> def f(*args):
...     for l in args:
...             print l
...
>>> f([1,2,3], [4,5,6])
[1, 2, 3]
[4, 5, 6]

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