How do you pass arguments from one function to another?

Question

Sorry for the newbie question guys, but I'm relatively new to python. I want to write a function that passes keyword and value arguments into another function:

e.g.

def function_that_passes_arguments(arguments):
    some_other_function(arguments)

so when I call the first function they are passed into the second... e.g.

function_that_passes_arguments(arg1=1, arg2=2)

is effectively

some_other_function(arg1=1, arg2=2)

The argument names will change so it is important that I pass both keyword and value from one function to another.

ThiefMaster · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-29 18:32:48Z

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Accept *args, **kwargs and pass those to the called function:

def function_that_passes_arguments(*args, **kwargs):
    some_other_function(*args, **kwargs)

In both places you can also use regular arguments - the only requirement is that the * and ** arguments are the last ones.

answered Nov 29, 2012 at 18:32

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2 Comments

Noctis Skytower Over a year ago

In the given example, function_that_passes_arguments = some_other function would work just as well.

ThiefMaster Over a year ago

Yeah, but that's most likely not what @brett wants. Chances are good that there will be some code before/after the call.

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