Keyword argument enable you to specify an argument for a particular argument by associating the argument with the argument's name rather than with the argument's position in the argument list.
Keyword arguments are a synonym for named-parameters
Questions tagged [keyword-argument]
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Use of *args and **kwargs
So I have difficulty with the concept of *args and **kwargs.
So far I have learned that:
*args = list of arguments - as positional arguments
**kwargs = dictionary - whose keys become separate keyword arguments and the values become values of these…
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What is the purpose and use of **kwargs?
What are the uses for **kwargs in Python?
I know you can do an objects.filter on a table and pass in a **kwargs argument.
Can I also do this for specifying time deltas i.e. timedelta(hours = time1)?
How exactly does it work? Is it classes as…
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Proper way to use **kwargs in Python
What is the proper way to use **kwargs in Python when it comes to default values?
kwargs returns a dictionary, but what is the best way to set default values, or is there one? Should I just access it as a dictionary? Use get function?
class…
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Converting Python dict to kwargs?
I want to build a query for sunburnt(solr interface) using class inheritance and therefore adding key - value pairs together. The sunburnt interface takes keyword arguments. How can I transform a dict ({'type':'Event'}) into keyword arguments…
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How To Check If A Key in **kwargs Exists?
Python 3.2.3. There were some ideas listed here, which work on regular var's, but it seems **kwargs play by different rules... so why doesn't this work and how can I check to see if a key in **kwargs exists?
if kwargs['errormessage']:
print("It…
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Passing a list of kwargs?
Can I pass a list of kwargs to a method for brevity? This is what i'm attempting to do:
def method(**kwargs):
#do something
keywords = (keyword1 = 'foo', keyword2 = 'bar')
method(keywords)
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Why use **kwargs in python? What are some real world advantages over using named arguments?
I come from a background in static languages. Can someone explain (ideally through example) the real world advantages of using **kwargs over named arguments?
To me it only seems to make the function call more ambiguous. Thanks.
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Calling a Python function with *args,**kwargs and optional / default arguments
In python, I can define a function as follows:
def func(kw1=None,kw2=None,**kwargs):
...
In this case, i can call func as:
func(kw1=3,kw2=4,who_knows_if_this_will_be_used=7,more_kwargs=Ellipsis)
I can also define a function as:
def…
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Pass keyword arguments to target function in Python threading.Thread
I want to pass named arguments to the target function, while creating a Thread object.
Following is the code that I have written:
import threading
def f(x=None, y=None):
print x,y
t = threading.Thread(target=f, args=(x=1,y=2,))
t.start()
I…
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python pass different **kwargs to multiple functions
From python doc and stackoverflow, I understand how to use the **kwargs in my def function. However, I have a case need two sets of **kwargs for two sub functions. Can someone show me how to separate the **kwargs properly?
Here is my goal: to plot…
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How do I loop through **kwargs in Python?
In the code below, I want to read obj.subject and place it into var subject, also read obj.body and place it into body. First I want to read the kwargs variables and search for keywords within the string to replace, if none exists then move on.
How…
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Using an OrderedDict in **kwargs
Is it possible to pass an OrderedDict instance to a function which uses the **kwargs syntax and retain the ordering?
What I'd like to do is :
def I_crave_order(**kwargs):
for k, v in kwargs.items():
print k, v
example =…
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Python: Passing parameters by name along with kwargs
In python we can do this:
def myFun1(one = '1', two = '2'):
...
Then we can call the function and pass the arguments by their name:
myFun1(two = 'two', one = 'one')
Also, we can do this:
def myFun2(**kwargs):
print kwargs.get('one',…
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Python: How to increase/reduce the fontsize of x and y tick labels?
I seem to have a problem in figuring out how to increase or decrease the fontsize of both the x and y tick labels while using matplotlib.
I am aware that there is the set_xticklabels(labels, fontdict=None, minor=False, **kwargs) function, but I…
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empty dictionary as default value for keyword argument in python function: dictionary seems to not be initialised to {} on subsequent calls?
Here's a function. My intent is to use keyword argument defaults to make the dictionary an empty dictionary if it is not supplied.
>>> def f( i, d={}, x=3 ) :
... d[i] = i*i
... x += i
... return x, d
...
>>> f( 2 )
(5, {2: 4})
But…
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