On 5 Aug 2005 08:34:32 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Is there a better way of doing this so that I don't have to go through >every permutation of possible arguments (the example here from the >matplotlib 'plot' function): > >def makeplot(self, xvalues, yvalues, linecolor='', linewidth=''): > if linecolor and linewidth: > plot(xvalues, yvalues, linecolor, linewidth=linewidth) > elif linecolor: > plot(xvalues, yvalues, linecolor) > elif linewidth: > plot(xvalues, yvalues, linewidth=linewidth) > else: > plot(xvalues, yvalues) >
It seems like you are not changing the order or values of arguments, so I'm wondering if this would work for you: def makeplot(self, *args, **kwargs): plot(*args, **kwargs) and if not, why not. Regards, Bengt Richter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list