Passing multiple parameters to a Python method: the * tag
Posted by jpluimers on 2019/08/28
I had to pass parameters to a method so they became a list:
threadManager.append(
UrlMonitorThread(monitor, "http://%s" % targetHost),
SmtpMonitorThread(monitor, targetHost, 25),
SmtpMonitorThread(monitor, targetHost, 587),
SshMonitorThread(monitor, targetHost, 22))
This appeared much easier than I anticipated:
def append(self, *threads):
for thread in threads:
self.threads.append(thread)
It uses the * tag which is explained here:
- [WayBack] In the following method definitions, what does the * and ** do for param2? def foo(param1, *param2): def bar(param1, **param2)
- [WayBack] Pass array as argument in python
- [WayBack] Python tutorial – Parameter Passing: “call by value” and “call by name”
- [Archive.is] 4.7.3. Control Flow Tools – Defining Functions – Arbitrary Argument Lists
–jeroen
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