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title: "SLIDES - understanding python \\*args and \\*\\*kwargs"
description: "Python and are super useful tools, that when used properly can make you code much simpler and easier to maintain. Large manual conversions from a dataset to..."
date: 2020-07-02
published: true
tags:
  - python
template: blog-post
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Python `*args` and `**kwargs` are super useful tools, that when used properly
can make you code much simpler and easier to maintain.  Large manual
conversions from a dataset to function arguments can be packed and unpacked
into lists or dictionaries. Beware though, this power **can** lead to some
really unreadable/unusable code if done wrong.

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