Questions tagged [multiple-arguments]
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How to use any item in a list as a split value in Python?
I want to do something to the effect of:
x = [" ","cats"]
def function(a):
a.split([any of the elements in x])
return a
How would I make Python accept any of the elements in x as an argument (so it splits as spaces and cats)?
Edit: Sorry,…
V__M
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Looping over files in a folder for shell script with multiple inputs
Specifying multiple inputs for command line tool?
I am new to bash and am wanting to loop a command line program over a folder containing numerous files.
The script takes two input files (in my case, these differ in one field of the file name…
Colin Anthony
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TypeError while using *args in Python
I'm getting a TypeError while using a tuple in a multiple arguments function. Here's my code:
def add(*args):
result = 0
for x in args:
result = result + x
return result
items = 5, 7, 4, 12
total = add(items)
print(total)
This…
v_ag
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How to run python script with multiple arguments in bash for loop?
I have a python script that I'd like to run in bash for loop in parallel. Python script takes multiple arguments as inputs via sys.argv[x]. For example, I'd like to run in bash for loop these lines:
python py_script.py a b c &
python py_script.py d…
Rok Petric
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How to propagate an undefined number of template arguments?
Using the following class, I would like to be able to create an instance of a specified Foo() to store and call a function, but how can I transmit the necessary arguments to a function call ?
template struct Foo {
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Benjamin Barrois
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Why my multithreading example takes the same amount of time as the none one?
I would like to create a few threads in my program where I pass multiple arguments. I found this example where it shows that you can avoid structs and pass multiple arguments to a thread. It worked. Or so I thought. When I looked at the duration of…
Gabriele
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Divide each element by the next one in python
How can i Divide each element by the next one in division function? i am passing arbitrary arguments in the calling function. Thanks in advance.
def add(*number):
numm = 0
for num in number:
numm =num+numm
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yajant b
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Variable number of arguments in function
Is it possible to run a function like this:
def call(a,*alphabets,*numbers):
print(a)
print(alphabets)
print(numbers)
I'm getting the following error:
File "", line 1
def…
IndigoChild
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