Can there be python functions that take unspecified number of arguments?

Question

Can there be python functions that take unspecified number of arguments such as

myfunc(a, b, c)

myfunc(a, b, c, d, e)

where both will work?

Answer 1

myfunc(*args, **kw)

*args - takes N number of arguments

**kw - takes dictionary (unspecified depth)

In [1]: def myfunc(*args):
   ...:     print args
   ...:

In [2]: myfunc(1)
(1,)

In [3]: myfunc(1,2,3,4,5)
(1, 2, 3, 4, 5)