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April 6, 2026 · 1 min read

What are *args and **kwargs in Python functions?

*args collects extra positional arguments as a tuple. **kwargs collects extra keyword arguments as a dictionary. Both allow functions to accept a variable number of arguments.

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What are *args and **kwargs in Python functions?

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*args collects extra positional arguments as a tuple. **kwargs collects extra keyword arguments as a dictionary. Both allow functions to accept a variable number of arguments.

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