On Fri, 09 Nov 2012 20:05:26 -0500, Roy Smith wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected] wrote:
>
>> Is there a simpler way to modify all arguments in a function before
>> using the arguments?
>>
>> For example, can the below code, in the modify arguments section be
>> made into a few statements?
>>
>> def someComputation (aa, bb, cc, dd, ee, ff, gg, hh):
>> # modify arguments
>> # ----------------------
>> aa = aa.replace (³_² , ³²)
>> bb= bb.replace (³_² , ³²)
>> cc = cc.replace (³_² , ³²)
>> dd = dd.replace (³_² , ³²)
>> ee = ee.replace (³_² , ³²)
>> ff = ff.replace (³_² , ³²)
>> gg = gg.replace (³_² , ³²)
>> hh = hh.replace (³_² , ³²)
>>
>> # use the arguments
>> # -----------------
>> #
>
> You could do something like (not error checked)...
>
> def someComputation(*args):
> new_args = [arg.replace("_", "") for arg in args] aa, bb, cc, dd,
> ee, ff, gg, hh = new_args
>
> but that's pretty weird. I suspect you just want to pass a list instead
> of a bunch of discrete arguments.
I agree with everything you say except that it is pretty weird. As far as
I am concerned, it isn't weird at all.
If you need named parameters:
def someComputation(aa, bb, cc, dd, ee, ff, gg, hh):
aa, bb, cc, dd, ee, ff, gg, hh = [arg.replace("_", "")
for arg in (aa. bb, cc, dd, ee, ff, gg, hh)]
...
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